Prognosis
Top Swedish Official Caught Defying Covid Rules Asks to Resign
Dan Eliasson
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A top official running Sweden’s corona-virus response team has asked to resign after blatantly defying the country’s official guidelines and treating himself to a Christmas trip to the Canary Islands.
Dan Eliasson, the director general of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, is “requesting to step down from his position,” the agency said in a statement on Wednesday.