Category Archive: 3a) Health
Coronavirus: over 1,000 new cases in a day in Switzerland
On 7 October 2020, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) reported 1,077 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection over 24 hours.
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Women 62 percent of doctors under 40 in Switzerland
At the end of 2018, there were 23,000 doctors in Switzerland, according to a recently published study. Overall, 41% of these doctors were women. Among doctors aged 60-64, the percentage was 28%. However, 62% of doctors under 40 were women, a figure which partly reflects the higher numbers of women graduating from Swiss universities.
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Rising numbers struggling to pay rent in Switzerland
Nearly 44% of renters surveyed said that coming up with the money pay rent is now harder than it was before Covid-19, according to ASLOCA, a rentersโ association.
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Coronavirus: Switzerland seems to be fending off potential second wave
The number of recorded Covid-19 cases in Switzerland has declined over the last 12 days. Over the most recent 14 days, the number of recorded cases per 100,000 in Switzerland was 59, below the figure of 60 used by the Swiss health authorities to define a region as high risk.
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Switzerland adds 18 more regions to its quarantine list
Today, Switzerlandโs Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) added 18 regions to its compulsory quarantine list. Anyone arriving in Switzerland from these place from 28 September 2020 will be required by law to quarantine for 10 days.
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Switzerland to ramp up seasonal flu vaccinations to cut Covid-19 co-infection risk
As winter approaches the federal and cantonal governments of Switzerland are hoping a larger number of people than normal will get the seasonal flu jab as the spread of Covid-19 continues, according to RTS.
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2500 students quarantined at Lausanneโs hotel school
Around three quarters of the students at the hotel school of Lausanne (EHL) have been placed in quarantine after a number of students tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, reported RTS.
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Confidence in vaccine safety remains low in Switzerland
Compared to much of the world, confidence in the safety of vaccines is low in Switzerland, according to a recently published study. In 2015, only 30% of Swiss questioned strongly agreed that vaccines were safe, ranking it 133rd out of 149 nations in terms of confidence in vaccine safety.
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Chlorothalonil in Zurichโs groundwater above the limit in 60 percent of samples
The banned substance chlorothalonil, which is in some pesticides, has been found to be above the limit in 60% of ground water samples taken across the canton of Zurich over the last 12 months, reported SRF.
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Coronavirus: no quarantine for people entering Switzerland from border regions
On 11 September 2020, Switzerlandโs federal government announced that people entering Switzerland after spending time in regions next to the countryโs national borders will be exempted from mandatory quarantine requirements should those regions end up with high rates of infection. Cross-border worker are already exempted from quarantine requirements.
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Fribourg hospital under pressure after Covid-19 outbreak
According to RTS, a branch of the HFR hospital in the Swiss canton of Fribourg has reached full capacity after a rise in Covid-19 patients following an outbreak in a local nursing home.
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Switzerland adds 10 more nations to its compulsory quarantine list
On 7 September 2020, Switzerland added to its list of quarantine countries. People entering Switzerland from 55 nations must now quarantine for 10 days. On 7 September 2020, 10 nations were added to the list. These include Croatia, French Polynesia, Guyana, Lebanon, Libya, Paraguay, San Marino, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates.
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Coronavirus: could masks explain Switzerlandโs sharply declining death rate?
In Switzerland, over the three months following 31 May 2020, there have been 11,306 recorded cases of Covid-19 and 91 deaths, a case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.8%. However, up to this date there were 30,862 cases and 1,920 deaths, a CFR of 6.2%. Why has Switzerlandโs CFR fallen so steeply?
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Coronavirus: protestors march against Covid-19 measures in Zurich
On Saturday, around one thousand people took to the streets of Zurich to protest against government rules aimed at slowing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to RTS.
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Coronavirus: UK puts Switzerland back on Quarantine List
Travellers from Switzerland, Jamaica and Czech Republic who enter the UK from 4 am on Saturday 29 August 2020, must self-isolate for two weeks, the UK government announced this evening. The UK considers imposing quarantine when a countryโs rate of infection exceeds 20 cases per 100,000 people over 7 days.
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Anti-corona protest planned later this month in Zurich
After protests in May 2020, an eclectic group of anti-corona protestors is planning to protest against vaccines, masks and other measures aimed at limiting the spread of the virus on 29 August 2020 in Zurich, according to the newspaper Le Matin.
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Coronavirus: a quarter of Swiss employees donโt want to be vaccinated, suggests survey
A survey run by the Bern University of Applied Sciences on behalf of the trade union Travailย suisse suggests a significant portion of Switzerlandโs workforce does not want to be vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, reports the newspaper 20 Minutes.
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Switzerland adds 11 more nations to its compulsory quarantine list
From 20 August 2020, people entering Switzerland from Andorra, Belgium, Monaco and 50 other nations must quarantine for 10 days. Switzerlandโs Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) recently added 11 places to its existing list of regions where there is an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Coronavirus: new cases in Switzerland reach highest level since April
Today, Switzerlandโs Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) announced 274 new recorded cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection over 24 hours. The last time Switzerland had a daily case number above this was on 19 April 2020 when 336 new cases were recorded.
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Coronavirus: Swiss health authority adds pregnant women to risk list
After a number of recent studies that suggest pregnant women are exposed to higher risks from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Switzerlandโs Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) adds them to the list of people vulnerable to Covid-19. The FOPH reached its recent conclusion based on discussions with the Swiss society of gynecology and obstetrics. The society sets out the findings of a number of studies in a report.
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