{"id":1216601,"date":"2022-01-14T14:49:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T19:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216601"},"modified":"2022-01-14T14:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T19:49:35","slug":"swedish-prime-minister-tests-positive-for-chinese-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swedish-prime-minister-tests-positive-for-chinese-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Prime Minister Tests Positive for Chinese Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fswedish-prime-minister-tests-positive-for-chinese-coronavirus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237264010-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">STOCKHOLM (AP) \u2013 Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for COVID-19, her office said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish leader had taken part in a debate in Parliament with other party leaders earlier this week and at least two other top politicians have also tested positive since.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Her office told Swedish news agency TT that Andersson is following \u201cthe current recommendations and will carry out her work from home.\u201d Andersson is doing fine, her office said.<\/p>\n<p>Following Wednesday\u2019s debate in the 349-seat Riksdagen, Center Party leader Annie Loof and Per Bolund, head of the small Green Party, also tested positive. The latter coughed when speaking to the media afterward.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, Bolund wrote Thursday that a quick test gave him the result and he immediately went into isolation as recommended by the Swedish Public Health Agency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Other party leaders who took part in the debate, have all tested negative, Swedish broadcaster SVT said.<\/p>\n<p>Andersson, a former finance minister, became Sweden\u2019s first female prime minister in November. She is the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Sweden\u2019s largest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sweden\u2019s Eight-Hour Female PM Re-Elected to Form Single-Party Minority Govt <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E8HUFeWIIH\">https:\/\/t.co\/E8HUFeWIIH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1465383808958545921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For most of the pandemic, Sweden stood out among European nations for its comparatively hands-off response. The Scandinavian country never went into a lockdown or closed businesses, relying instead on citizens\u2019 sense of civic duty to control infections. Authorities have emphasized individual responsibility instead of government health measures.<\/p>\n<p>In neighboring Finland, the office of former president Martti Ahtisaari said he has recovered from a second coronavirus infection that he contracted in December and has been discharged from the hospital. The 84-year-old \u201cis well and continues to recuperate,\u201d said the Helsinki-based Crisis Management Initiative, or CMI, which Ahtisaari founded in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Ahtisaari, who was the Nordic country\u2019s head of state from 1994-2000, also contracted the disease in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>A Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, he has Alzheimer\u2019s disease and has withdrawn from all public activities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once Free Sweden Calls on Businesses to Implement Vaccine Passports<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JupKq1LQI4\">https:\/\/t.co\/JupKq1LQI4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1478848785472131072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STOCKHOLM (AP) \u2013 Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for COVID-19, her office said Friday. 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