Swedish PM self-isolates as nation passes grim threshold

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister has gone into protective self-isolation after a person close to him came into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, as Sweden experiences a fall surge of coronavirus cases. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven broke the news Thursday, when the country passed the threshold of 6,000 overall coronavirus deaths. He wrote that “developments are going in the wrong direction fast. More are infected. More die. This is a seriou