Loved and loathed, Sweden's anti-lockdown architect is unrepentant


  • World
  • Thursday, 25 Jun 2020

FILE PHOTO: State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Public Health Agency of Sweden listens during a news conference on a daily update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Stockholm, Sweden, May 15, 2020. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS/File Photo ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - As the architect of Sweden's unorthodox response to the coronavirus pandemic, Anders Tegnell has got used to receiving death threats and being urged to resign.

But he says he has no plans to step down or step back and remains convinced that, over time, the anti-lockdown strategy that has seen his country break ranks with much of the world will prove its worth.

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