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. 12 days ago on 20 […]
Switzerland adds 18 more regions to its quarantine list
Today, Switzerland’s 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. From 14 September 2020, Switzerland shifted from a system of listing entire countries to one which lists whole […]
Cost of Swiss health insurance to rise in 2021
Compulsory Swiss health insurance premiums are set to rise by an average of 0.5% in 2021, according to the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). The average monthly premium will rise to CHF 316.50, 0.5% higher than in 2020. Premiums have risen an average of 3.7% p.a. since obligatory insurance was introduced in Switzerland in […]
Coronavirus: weekly cases down 15% in Switzerland
In the week to 25 September 2020, the reported number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections in Switzerland was 2,581, 15% lower than the 3,044 cases recorded the week before. The total number of recorded cases stood at 51,864 by 25 September 2020. The 7-day rolling average number of daily new cases this week was 369, down from 435 […]
Coronavirus: 20 percent of cases asymptomatic, according to Swiss study
Research published recently by the University of Bern estimates around 20% of Covid-19 cases are asymptomatic. When the researchers analysed 79 studies done from March to June 2020 and adjusted them for various factors, chief among them removing pre-symptomatic cases – those with no symptoms that went on to develop them – from those classified […]
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. In a regular year Switzerland orders 1.2 million doses of the seasonal flu vaccine. These doses have already been ordered and […]
2500 students quarantined at Lausanne’s 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. The 2,500 students affected will be isolated until 28 September 2020 to stop the spread of the virus. The Swiss canton of Vaud, where recorded infections […]
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. This compared to 89% in Argentina […]
Coronavirus: Switzerland’s intensive care mortality rates low by global standards
Doctors at Lausanne’s CHUV hospital and Geneva’s HUG hospital, which treated the majority of Covid-19 patients in French-speaking Switzerland, have admitted around 270 patients to intensive care (ICU) since March 2020, according to RTS. Around 96% of these ICU patients were intubated and around 80% survived, a mortality rate of roughly 20%. ICU mortality rates […]
Swiss offers staff choice between pay cuts or job cuts
Swiss, Switzerland’s flag airline, which is part of the Lufthansa group, has asked employees to accept a 15% pay cut. If they reject this offer the airline has said 1,425 jobs will be at risk, 15% of the workforce, according to a report by the newspaper Sonntags Zeitung. “Our goal is to get through the […]
