One of Sweden’s top epidemiologists said it’s “very dangerous” to believe masks will prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Dr. Anders Tegnell, who heads up Sweden’s contentious coronavirus response, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the start of this year, Anders Tegnell was just a low-profile bureaucrat in a country of 10m people, heading ...

Sweden’s top infectious disease expert has resisted recommending face masks for the general population — arguing it’s “very dangerous” if people believe the coverings alone will stop the spread of the ...

Sweden's state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says new covid-restrictions are ”likely” – yet still rejects the idea of a total lockdown. When asked why Sweden won't recommend face masks, he responded ...

STOCKHOLM – It’s not every day that the face of a chief epidemiologist is inked as a tattoo. But then it’s not every country that has tackled the coronavirus pandemic like Sweden. Anders Tegnell was ...

SWEDEN will shut schools for over-16s next week until January despite the country’s chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell previously warning the move would be “disastrous”. From Monday, the country’s ...

The Public Health Agency has suggested that Sweden is currently bucking the European trend of an acceleration in new Covid-19 cases. State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell told Radio Sweden that there ...