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Checked by PolitiFact24 Apr 2020United States Health

Franklin Graham, Minister

“Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: The COVID-19 infection rate in Sweden is lower than in Italy, Spain and the UK. But the epidemiologist credited with developing Sweden’s strategy said infection rate is not a reliable indicator of how a nation is doing.