Sweden removes most COVID-19 restrictions | DW News - latest news and breaking stories | DW | 28.09.2021

Visit the new DW website

Take a look at the beta version of dw.com. We're not done yet! Your opinion can help us make it better.

Go to the new dw.com

We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration.

More info OK
  1. Inhalt
  2. Navigation
  3. Weitere Inhalte
  4. Metanavigation
  5. Suche
  6. Choose from 30 Languages

DW News

Sweden removes most COVID-19 restrictions

With most adults vaccinated, Sweden has removed almost all pandemic restrictions despite rising case numbers. The country has been an outlier in aspects of its handling of the disease, shunning hard lockdowns throughout the pandemic.

More in the Media Center

The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated food shortages. African children are suffering more than most.

Saving more children from malnutrition 31.07.2022

China's attempts to control the virus with lockdowns and home-grown vaccines achieve mixed results.

China looks to mRNA to slow spread 21.07.2022

China's biggest metropolis was put under strict lockdown for nearly two months. Now, however, cases have dropped.

Shanghai COVID-19 restrictions ease 22.05.2022

DW Covid-19 Special Sendungslogo englisch

COVID-19 Special: What stage are we at in the pandemic? 04.07.2022

More from DW Premium News english

junge Frau in einem dicken Mantel mit FellFenster und friert junge Frau in einem dicken Mantel mit FellFenster und friert *** young woman in a thick coat with fur window and freezes young woman in a thick coat with fur window and freezes

Gas supply: How will Germany cope in winter? 13.07.2022

Risse im sind im Erdreich des Flussbettes zu sehen. Das Austrocknen des Flusses gefährdet die Trinkwasserversorgung in den dicht besiedelten und hoch industrialisierten Gebieten Italiens und bedroht die Bewässerung in dem am intensivsten bewirtschafteten Teil des Landes. +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++

Drought and heat: How is climate change hitting Europe? 07.07.2022

April 9, 2022, Munich, Bavaria, Germany: Having seen the latest chapter of atrocities commited by the Russian military in Bucha and the missile attack on the Kramatorsk train station, Ukrainians, Ukrainian refugees, Germans, and people from around the world stood together to demand a stop to Russia s military aggression and for Europe to fortify Ukraine s defensed. Munich Germany - ZUMAb160 20220409_zbp_b160_010 Copyright: xSachellexBabbarx

Ukraine: How is Europe coping with the refugee crisis? 20.04.2022

The horrors of Bucha

The horrors of Bucha 06.04.2022

More from DW News

©PHOTOPQR/L'EST REPUBLICAIN ; LITTERATURE - RENTREE LITTERAIRE - LIVRE SUR LA PLACE 2018 - 40EME EDITION. Nancy 8 septembre 2018. Salman RUSHDIE lors de la 40ème édition du Livre sur la Place, premier salon national littéraire de la rentrée. PHOTO Alexandre MARCHI. - Nancy, France, sept 8th 2018 Literature festival Le Livre sur la place : Salman Rushdie is the author of eleven novels, a Fellow of the British Royal Society of Literature, and won the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel (twice)... Foto: Alexandre Marchi/MAXPPP/dpa

Top stories in 90 seconds 13.08.2022

FILE PHOTO - A stock photo of police in Paris, France. (Photo by Julien Mattia/NurPhoto)

France enforces new energy conservation rules 13.08.2022

Lebus, 11.08.2020 - Fischsterben in der Oder, hier bei Lebus MOL zwischen den Buhnenfeldern liegen die verschiedenen tote Fischrten, Zander, Heht, Bleie, Barben, Bsche und auch große Welse. Fischsterben inder Oder *** Lebus, 11 08 2020 Fish kill in the Oder, here near Lebus MOL between the groyne fields lie the various dead Fischrten, Zander, Heht, Bleie, Barben, Bsche and also large Welse Fischsterben inder Oder

Chemical pollution suspected in Oder River fish deaths 13.08.2022

Residents pitch in for cleaner, greener Dakar Ort: Dakar, Senegal Sendedatum: 12.08.2022 Mandail Joao helps plant flowers and trees in his Dakar neighborhood.

Dakar residents tackle pollution, inspiring others 13.08.2022

Read also

(220807) -- SANYA, Aug. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists line up to receive nucleic acid tests at a testing site in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 7, 2022. Prevention and control measures have been taken in Sanya to fight against the new resurgence of COVID-19 in the city. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

COVID lockdown at 'China's Hawaii' widens 08.08.2022

A lockdown on the Chinese island of Hainan has been extended to cover several cities. The tourism-dependent province, which had comparatively few cases during the pandemic, is battling its worst outbreak so far.

Mit Blaulicht fährt ein Rettungswagen der Feuerwehr in Richtung Klinikum.

COVID numbers soar causing labor shortage 01.07.2022

With infections rising, there is already a shortage of staff in many areas of public service. This is taking a toll on the postal services, public transport, air traffic, and even emergency services.

Residents line up for nucleic acid tests on a street during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song

China: More mass COVID testing in Beijing, Shanghai, Macau 06.07.2022

Residents throughout China are facing new wave of COVID-19 cases. New measures to stop the spread dash hopes that Beijing will end its strict zero-COVID policy.

Cleaners wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) dump garbage outside a quarantine hotel during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hong Kong, China, April 2, 2022. Picture taken April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong, Macau replicate China's 'zero COVID' measures 21.07.2022

Hong Kong and Macau are battling the latest wave of COVID-19 by following China's controversial "zero COVID" strategy. Analysts fear Beijing is using the strict pandemic measures to tighten its control over these cities.