The spread of covid-19 has increased sharply in recent weeks. According to new scenarios from the Public Health Authority, the increase may continue for a few more weeks and reach its peak in early to mid-January, they write in a press release.
FHM writes that there should be preparedness within the healthcare system for the number of patients with covid-19 to increase to similar levels as during the omicron wave a year ago.
– This virus is here to stay, you have to remember that, says Ali Mirazimi, virus researcher at Karolinska Institutet.
Mirazimi does not believe that new restrictions will be introduced, but the risk is always there, he says.
– Corona has surprised us for three years, says the virus researcher.
Scenario 0: Contagion continues to be at the same level as today.
Scenario 1: Contagion increases by 10 percent. Factors such as colder weather and increased indoor contacts affect.
The virus researcher analyzes the message in the live broadcast above.