Next week, Geneva’s HUG hospital will open a centre focused on adult and child obesity, reported RTS. According to the hospital, people with obesity suffer from a diverse range of illnesses and the new centre aims to bring together treatments for the panopoly of illnesses related to the condition. While obesity is problem that is […]
Covid: 3 jabs needed to cut spread of Omicron, shows Swiss research
Research clearly shows that vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus reduce hospital admissions and deaths and also the risk of long Covid. Recent research by the University of Geneva looks at the impact of vaccines on infectiousness. The research, published on 8 April 2022 in Nature Medicine, looks at the impact of vaccination on the infectious […]
Swiss health insurance could jump by 9% next year
According to the newspaper Le Matin Swiss health insurance premiums could rise by 7% to 9%, reported RTS. The future rise in the cost of health insurance is estimated based on data on the rising healthcare costs being passed on to health insurance companies. According to the data, costs rose during the second half of […]
Kinder chocolates pulled from Swiss shelves over salmonella concern
The chocolate maker Ferrero has asked for its Kinder chocolates to be pulled from Swiss retail shelves over concerns they may contain the bacteria salmonella. Salmonella bacteria, which is typically associated with food contaminated by animal faeces, or by human faeces, such as by a food-service worker at a restaurant, can cause diarrhea, fever and […]
Switzerland drops all Covid restrictions
On 30 March 2022, Switzerland’s government announced the end of all measures aimed at reducing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from 1 April 2022. Currently, the only federal measures left are the requirement to wear masks on public transport and in health facilities and the obligation to self-isolate after infection with the disease. From […]
Covid cases, hospitalisations and deaths up again in Switzerland
This week, 184,055 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Switzerland, up 8% from the 171,085 cases reported a week earlier. In addition, the reported number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised jumped. This week 563 were admitted, up 17% from 482 the week before. Reported deaths rose too from 42 last week to 55 this week. Some experts are concerned the […]
Covid: research on Omicron vs Delta
Research posted this week on Lancet confirms what many doctors thought. The risk of severe outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection is substantially lower for Omicron than for Delta. The study, which followed 1.5 million laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 patients resident in England between 29 November 2021 and 9 January 2022, found much lower rates of hospitalisation and death […]
Covid cases up 42% in a week in Switzerland
This week, 171,085 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Switzerland, up 42% from the 120,901 cases reported a week earlier. In addition, the reported number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised leapt too. This week 482 were admitted, up 37% from 352 the week before. The 7-day average case number had been in constant decline since the end of January 2022. […]
Titanium dioxide food ban coming to Switzerland
This week, the Swiss government announced the start of a ban on titanium dioxide in food. The ban will start on 15 September 2022 and be phased in starting on 15 March 2022. Titanium dioxide (E 171) is an additive that makes food white. It is also used in toothpastes, sunscreens and other cosmetics. In […]
Covid: weekly cases and hospitalisations rising again in Switzerland
This week, 120,9017 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Switzerland, up 24% from the 97,335 cases reported a week earlier. In addition, the reported number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised edged up slightly from 340 to 352 compared to the week before. The 7-day average case number had been in constant decline since the end of January. However, the number […]