Content
Foreword ...............................................................................................................................................................3
Specific abbreviations ...........................................................................................................................................7
1 Overview of the investigations in the spring and summer of 2020 .........................................................8
1.1 The Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s Opcat activities ..........................................................................8
1.2 Investigations performed ....................................................................................................................8
1.3 Overview of the operations of the agencies under investigation ...................................................9
1.4 Purpose of this report ........................................................................................................................10
2 Measures to deal with the consequences of the pandemic ......................................................................12
2.1 A disease that poses a danger to the public or society ................................................................12
2.2 Measures to reduce the risk of spreading infection .....................................................................12
3 Measures in the case of a suspected or confirmed infection ...................................................................14
3.1 The Swedish Communicable Diseases Act and the Public Health Agency of Sweden’s
general advice ...................................................................................................................................14
3.2 Testing for Covid-19 ........................................................................................................................15
3.3 People deprived of their liberty’s ability to distance themselves voluntarily from others ......18
3.4 Decisions on separating persons deprived of their liberty from others ...................................21
4 People deprived of their liberty belonging to an at-risk group in cases of infection ............................26
4.1 At-risk groups for serious illness ...................................................................................................26
4.2 Measures to protect people deprived of their liberty who belong to an at-risk group ...........26
5 The possibilities of keeping a physical distance and providing information
to people deprived of their liberty ...............................................................................................................30
5.1 Physical distance ..............................................................................................................................30
5.2 Information to people deprived of their liberty ...........................................................................34
–5–