People stroll at the Drottninggatan shopping street in central Stockholm on November 10, 2020. Sweden is yet to implement a national lockdown amid the pandemic.This year, Swedish life expectancy is set to fall by 0.3 years for women and 0.5 years for men.The expected drop is largely down to the COVID-19 pandemic, Statistics Sweden said. The country is in the midst of a second wave, and cases are soaring.
On November 16, Sweden's prime minister announced stricter coronavirus measures after the country admitted its herd-immunity plan wasn't working.Life expectancy in Sweden will probably fall in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's statistics agency said Wednesday.The life expectancy for women is set to fall from 84.7 to 84.4 years.
On Tuesday, the country's top epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, said: "We see no signs of immunity in the population that are slowing down the infection right now," perStatistics Sweden said that life expectancy had "increased steadily" between 1900 and 2019. "The fact that it is sinking stands out."
Yeah, it's called a pandemic. Every country on earth has seen life expectancy drop. Thanks for the pointless headline.
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