Sweden tightens border controls as COVID-19 cases surge


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Dec 2020

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 3,000 people have been turned away at the Swedish-Danish border in the first week after Sweden introduced an entry ban from neighboring Denmark, Swedish Television reported on Tuesday.

Most were stopped while trying to cross the Oresund bridge by car from Denmark to southern Sweden and long queues have formed on the bridge, where so far over 200 people have been told to return to Denmark per day. Normally, border police reject around 100 people per week, according to the report.

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