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Coronavirus: High risk of finding more infected - but low risk of infection spreading

There is a high risk that more people in Sweden will be found infected with the new coronavirus abroad. But the risk of the infection spreading in Sweden is low. This is what Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) has written on its website. If you get infected, you will get sickness benefit from Försäkringskassan (the Swedish Social Insurance Agency).
Publicerad 28 februari 2020
Foto: Mats Schagerström/TT

Kristianstad

In total, four people have tested positive in Västra Götaland. Försäkringskassan has decided on quarantine allowance. That is, if a doctor decides that you are not allowed to work because you are infected - or may be infected - with a disease that is a public health hazard, you are entitled to remuneration. The coronavirus covid-19 is considered a public health hazard.

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If you become infected, you will have symptoms of the respiratory tract, fever and cough. Most people will not become seriously ill, but a number of cases of more severe symptoms have been reported, as have deaths. The incubation period for the coronavirus is 2-14 days.

The Expressen has written that scientists in Israel may have a vaccine ready against the coronavirus in a few weeks.

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Coronavirus covid-19

Folkhälsomyndigheten has written on its website:

If you get sick, call 1177 if you have a fever, cough or difficulty breathing and any of the following applies to you:

• You have been in China, Iran, South Korea or Italy in the past 14 days - in the Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna or Veneto regions.

• You have been in contact with someone who has covid-19 in the past 14 days.

If you have general questions about covid 19 - Call 113 13

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