STOCKHOLM: Sweden will on July 1 ease many of its restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing for more visitors to stadiums and restaurants, the minister of health said on Monday.
"The spread of infection has decreased sharply," Minister of Health Lena Hallengren told a news conference.
Sweden has relied mostly on voluntary measures but has curbed restaurant opening hours and the amount of people allowed in stadiums, shopping malls and stores.
More than 57 percent of Sweden's adult population has received at least one dose of vaccine, and every third person is fully vaccinated. (Reporting by Johan Ahlander, editing by Anna Ringstrom)
