Swedish Parliament Committee Says Government Failed in Pandemic Handling

Swedish Parliament Committee Says Government Failed in Pandemic Handling
Protestors from Frihet Sverige (Freedom Sweden) march to protest against COVID-19 restrictions, in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 1, 2021. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via Reuters
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STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s center-left, minority government failed in several aspects of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, parliament’s constitutional committee said on Thursday.

The government was slow to put in place a testing and tracing system, failed to protect the elderly and there was a lack of clear lines of responsibility between national and local authorities, the committee said. It did not comment on Sweden’s controversial no-lockdown strategy.