New Sweden and other towns across Maine are putting proactive measures in place to quell the spread of COVID-19. Disruptions to school, work, and major public gatherings are already manifesting and it’s important to stay up to date on what’s happening in the New Sweden, ME community.

Stay up to date and informed with our resources: Breaking public health news, information on your local Maine hospitals and healthcare facilities, information from the Maine Public Health Department, and Twitter updates from Maine government officials. Continue to visit our website for the latest updates.

Maine COVID-19 Cases

Maine New Coronavirus Cases:
Maine Total Coronavirus Cases: 323,704
Maine New Coronavirus Deaths:
Maine Total Coronavirus Deaths: 3,057
U.S. New Coronavirus Cases: 1,648
U.S. Total Coronavirus Cases: 107,184,620
U.S. New Coronavirus Deaths: 8
U.S. Total Coronavirus Deaths: 1,166,662
Last updated June 10, 2023
Go to top

Coronavirus News for New Sweden

Maine high court says EMS Board had authority to impose vaccine mandate

The EMS Board properly acted to ensure the “safe handling and transportation” of patients, including not exposing them to “certain communicable diseases.” ... More info »

Bangor Daily News - 04/26/2024 01:59am

Maine’s high court upholds COVID vaccine mandate for EMS personnel

A group of emergency medical personnel challenged the 2021 vaccine mandate, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court says a state board had full authority to impose the rule. More info »

Portland Press Herald - 04/25/2024 12:07pm

Has Sweden Found the Right Solution to the Coronavirus?

wouldn’t Sweden, a Nordic country of 10.1 million people, be seeing the number of COVID-19 cases skyrocket into the tens of thousands, blowing past the numbers in Italy or New York City? More info »

National Review - 04/05/2020 06:30pm

New coronavirus variant JN.1 is spreading fast. Here’s what to know.

1 caused nearly half of new U.S. coronavirus infections in the two weeks ... Canada, Britain and Sweden, according to the WHO. It appeared in the United States in September and is now the most ... More info »

The Washington Post on MSN - 12/19/2023 04:59pm

Coronavirus: The tourists swapping lockdown for Sweden

Sweden has kept pubs, restaurants and shops open throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The more open approach ... almost forgotten ritual in Slovenia. A new study has provided the first neural ... More info »

BBC - 08/04/2020 04:24pm

How do you feel your community is responding to the coronavirus crisis:

Go to top