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While the global spread of coronavirus has closed pubs right across Europe, Sweden has hung back, with authorities on Tuesday saying bars and restaurants could stay open - but only if customers are seated and served at a table, Yahoo news reported.

Swedes are being asked to follow social distancing measures. So far the country has 4947 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 239 deaths.

Anyone who feels sick is being asked to stay home. On Wednesday, the government said it would be introducing more tests for the virus. It’s also looking at banning visits to aged care facilities.
Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s chief epidemiologist and architect of the policy, told The Australian, the plan is to let the virus grow as slowly as possible while shielding the vulnerable, such as the elderly, from it.
However, Joacim Rocklöv, a professor of epidemiology at Umeå University, told the paper it’s a “a big and risky experiment” which could have a “catastrophic outcome”.