IN PICTURES: What it looked like when Sweden ended Covid restrictions
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Published: 9 Feb, 2022 CET.
Updated: Wed 9 Feb 2022 15:48 CET
Sweden dropped most of its Covid restrictions on February 9th and stopped offering free tests to the general public. Here's the day in pictures.
The owner of a Stadsmissionen second-hand store in Liljeholmen, southern Stockholm, removes a sign stating a maximum of 50 customers allowed. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT
A shop owner in Malmö, southern Sweden, removing tape from the floor after rules that stated shops had to make sure customers could keep a distance were scrapped. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
A long queue outside Malmö nightclub KB in the early hours of Wednesday. Bars and restaurants now no longer have to close at 11pm. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Unvaccinated people are still urged to avoid crowds, but vaccinated people only have to stay home if they have Covid-19 symptoms. Another picture from the KB nightclub in Malmö. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Things were fairly calm at Stockholm's clubbing district Stureplan at around midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. Photo: Fredrik Persson/TT
Sweden now no longer offers free PCR tests to the general public, only to staff and patients in the healthcare and elderly care sectors. Here's a picture of some of the last self-test kits being handed in in Malmö on February 8th. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
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The owner of a Stadsmissionen second-hand store in Liljeholmen, southern Stockholm, removes a sign stating a maximum of 50 customers allowed. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT
A shop owner in Malmö, southern Sweden, removing tape from the floor after rules that stated shops had to make sure customers could keep a distance were scrapped. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
A long queue outside Malmö nightclub KB in the early hours of Wednesday. Bars and restaurants now no longer have to close at 11pm. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Unvaccinated people are still urged to avoid crowds, but vaccinated people only have to stay home if they have Covid-19 symptoms. Another picture from the KB nightclub in Malmö. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Things were fairly calm at Stockholm's clubbing district Stureplan at around midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. Photo: Fredrik Persson/TT
Sweden now no longer offers free PCR tests to the general public, only to staff and patients in the healthcare and elderly care sectors. Here's a picture of some of the last self-test kits being handed in in Malmö on February 8th. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
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