Sweden Proposes New Covid Law to Let It Shut Down Businesses
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Sweden’s government proposed a law that would give it the power to close stores in response to a worsening pandemic.
The bill, which would allow the minority coalition to cut shops’ opening hours and limit footfall, is due to take effect in March if it makes it through the consultation process, Minister of Health and Social Affairs Lena Hallengren said on Wednesday. She stressed that the government would only shutter businesses as a last resort, if parliament agrees.