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Swedish mini budget has $2 bln in COVID measure spending

by Reuters
Monday, 17 January 2022 07:37 GMT

STOCKHOLM, Jan 17 (Reuters) - New restrictions and other measures to fight the latest wave of COVID pandemic will cost around 18 billion Swedish crowns ($1.99 billion), the government said on Monday.

The government said the money, outlined in its latest COVID-related mini budget, would got to testing and tracing, vaccinations as well as a number of measures aimed at supporting companies and individuals. ($1 = 9.0239 Swedish crowns) (Reporting by Simon Johnson; editing by Niklas Pollard)

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