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Lockdown is not the way to go, says health expert

People enjoy themselves at an outdoor restaurant, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday. [Reuters]

A top epidemiologist has criticised governments’ reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the authoritarian move to restrict movement may not yield the intended results.

Johan Giesecke, an infectious disease expert based in Sweden, has argued that the move to restrict people’s movement only slows down spread of the disease, and in the end, once the restrictions are lifted, those who are susceptible to the illness could still die.

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