In the seven days to 17 July 2020, the reported number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections recorded in Switzerland was 692, a similar number to the week before, when 589 new cases were recorded. Over the weeks prior to this there were 615 and 251 new cases, according to worldinfometer.com. Much of the recent rise in infections […]
Coronavirus: infected woman organising Swiss party could face 10,000 franc fine
At the end of June 2020, a 21 year old woman, who knew she had tested positive for Covid-19, organised a party in Grenchen (Granges) in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. As a result of the party, 280 residents were required to quarantine, according to the newspaper Blick, reported 20 Minutes. The public prosecutor has […]
Cases of tick borne encephalitis on the rise in Switzerland
The number of cases of tick borne encephalitis has risen sharply in recent weeks, according to data published by Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). 124 cases were recorded over the last four weeks, a figure 110% higher than the 59 cases recorded over the same period last year. Tick borne encephalitis (TBE), a […]
Coronavirus: new night club super spreader feared in Zurich
After a night out at the Zurich nightclub Club Jade in Zurich on 27 June 2020, several people developed Covid-19 symptoms, according to the newspaper NZZ, reported the Tribune de Genève. The patients were tested late so the health authorities only learned of the infections several days later. In addition, it was discovered that others […]
More chlorothalonil found in Evian water than in Lake Zurich
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) accidentally found traces of chlorothalonil in Evian bottled water, according to the newspaper SonntagsZeitung. Chlorothalonil is a substance found in agrochemicals used by farmers to control mold, mildew, bacteria and algae. The substance was banned from use in Switzerland at the beginning of […]
Swiss court set to drop case on Iranian assassination in Vaud
On 24 April 1990, Kazem Rajavi, Iran’s former ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, was gunned down on his way home to Coppet, a town in canton Vaud near Geneva. A number of years before, after becoming critical of the Khomeini regime, Rajavi resigned from his diplomatic post and become the representative of the opposition National Council of Resistance […]
Coronavirus: antibodies might disappear within months in some patients
A recently published study by researchers at King’s College London shows SARS-CoV-2 antibodies fall to undetectable levels within 60 days in some patients. These findings potentially undermine the efficacy of vaccines aimed at triggering an antibody response, along with hopes of herd immunity. The study, which involved periodically testing for SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies, followed 96 […]
Coronavirus: no significant slowdown in new cases in Switzerland
In the seven days to 10 July 2020, the reported number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections recorded in Switzerland was 589, a similar number to the week before, when 615 new cases were recorded. Over the weeks prior to this there were 251 and 172 new cases, according to worldinfometer.com. Much of the recent rise in infections […]
Swiss unemployment falls in June 2020
The number unemployed in Switzerland at 30 June 2020, fell 5,709 in June to 159,289, according to the State Secretariat for the Economy (SECO). Switzerland’s unemployment rate fell from 3.4% to 3.2%. However, despite improving on May 2020, the number unemployed was 53,067 (+54.6%) higher than at the end of June 2019. Switzerland’s official unemployment […]
The shame of John Calvin: will “Black Lives Matter” force Switzerland to acknowledge its own history of human rights abusers?
By Andy Cohen Often referred to as the human rights or humanitarian capital of the world, Geneva has for decades managed to revere an ugly truth in the form of an authoritarian, if not murderous, religious abuser. The legacy of Reformist John Calvin – Jean Calvin in French, born Jehan Cauvin in Picardy – is […]
