FILE PHOTO: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a news conference after the second day of the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Some areas of Sweden are seeing a worrying resurgence of coronavirus infections because many people seem to have set aside months of caution in favour of full-on social life once again, its prime minister said on Thursday.
Unlike most countries, Sweden eschewed a mandatory national lockdown against the pandemic, instead calling for personal responsibility, social distancing and good hygiene to slow rather than eradicate a disease seen as here to stay.
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