This is the opinion of the government, which, with Sweden’s presidency of the union from January 1, is now calling a meeting of the council’s crisis management mechanism IPCR on Wednesday to discuss the issue.
“Sweden strives for a common line for the entire EU when it comes to the introduction of possible travel restrictions. It is important that we quickly get the necessary measures in place,” says Social Affairs Minister Jakob Forssmed (KD) in a press release.
The government recently decided to give the Public Health Agency the task of evaluating how the infection situation in China may affect Sweden and what measures may be relevant.
On Friday, the authority was also tasked with analyzing the waste water at Arlanda, which is hoped to contribute to further information about the presence of new virus variants.