Half the population can be infected by the end of the month, according to Professor Tom Britton's mathematical model. Foto: Jessica Gow/TT
Professor: Half of Sweden's population could be infected in April
Publicerad 2 apr 2020 · kl 10:07 · 3:32 min
By the end of the month, around half of the Swedish population could have caught the coronavirus, according to mathematician, Professor Tom Britton at Stockholm University.
If there is one month that you should do yourself and others a favour by staying at home then it is now in April,"
Tom Britton is a professor in mathematical statistics and is currently working with models about how infectious diseases behave in a population.
Click on the sound button to hear why he thinks April will be the worst month and what could happen in June.
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