FILE PHOTO: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during the government's press conference regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Stockholm, Sweden April 22, 2020. TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund via REUTERS
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will launch an inquiry into the country's handling of the pandemic before the summer, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in a newspaper interview on Monday, amid growing criticism over nursing home deaths and the lack of testing.
Lofven, whose Social Democrats rule in coalition with the Greens but also depend on backing from two centre-right parties, had previously said a commission would be appointed once the crisis was over but was under pressure to act sooner.
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