FILE PHOTO: State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Public Health Agency of Sweden listens during a news conference updating on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Stockholm, Sweden, November 3, 2020. Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden remains steadfast in its strategy of voluntary measures and no lockdowns, the architect of its unorthodox COVID-19 response said on Friday, as the country battles a growing second wave of a disease that has now killed more than 6,000 Swedes.
The Nordic nation of 10 million people, whose soft-touch approach to combating the virus has drawn worldwide attention - and harsh domestic criticism from some - has seen a surge in the number of cases, hospitalisations and deaths in recent weeks.
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