FILE PHOTO: Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate Isabella Lovin talks in Geneva, Switzerland, April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish government will put forward a bill granting it wider powers to take steps such as closing transport hubs if needed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus that has infected thousands of people across the Nordic country.
"Today, we have decided on a bill to give us the tools to be able to act quickly with more measures if needed," Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lovin told a news conference after the government had held talks with opposition parties.
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