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Swedish Finance Minister says extra COVID measures to cost 63bn SEK in 2021
- Never before have Swedish tax-payers rescued so many jobs in the private sector.
- The government has extended measures such support for company employees on furlough and for lost revenues through February and, in some cases, to June.
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STOCKHOLM: New measures and extensions to existing COVID support will cost around 63 billion crowns ($7.61 billion) in 2021, bringing the total cost of efforts to support the economy through the pandemic to 374 billion crowns, the government said on Monday.
"Never before have Swedish tax-payers rescued so many jobs in the private sector," Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson told reporters during a news conference.
The government has extended measures such support for company employees on furlough and for lost revenues through February and, in some cases, to June.
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