On 23 December 2020, a 90-year old resident of Luzern, was the first person in Switzerland to be vaccinated against Covid-19. In the roughly 5 months since then, more than 3 million people in Switzerland have received at least one dose of vaccine, representing around 36% of the population. By 1 June 2021, 1.75 million […]
Covid: no Swiss quarantine if entering from Italy or Germany
On 2 June 2021, Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) announced that effective from 3 June 2021, all of Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Croatia, Turkey and Iran would be removed from its list of risk countries. However, parts of France, including the regions of Centre-Val de Loire, Hauts-de-France, Île de France, Normandie and Pays […]
Covid: new cases down 28% in Switzerland this week
This week, 5,670 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Switzerland, down 28% from the week before (7,843), continuing the downward trend of new numbers of recorded infections. The daily number of cases on a 7-day rolling average has more than halved (-58%) in 4 weeks falling from 1,924 to 810. With around 34% of Switzerland’s population vaccinated […]
Covid: UK now on Swiss risk list
On 27 May 2021, the UK was added Switzerland’s list of risk countries. This means that anyone arriving in Switzerland from the UK from 6pm on Thursday must quarantine upon arrival, with a few exceptions. The UK was added to the Federal Office of Public Health’s (FOPH) list of countries with a worrying variant, alongside […]
Covid: Swiss government announces more restriction easing from Monday
On 26 May 2021, Switzerland’s government announced a further round of lifting of Covid-19 related restrictions that will take effect on Monday 31 May 2021. The Federal Council said it is going further than proposed in the consultation, particularly with regard to events, private gatherings and restaurants. Better than expected epidemiological data have made greater […]
Covid: Swiss minister admits he didn’t question science on masks enough
In an interview on SRF, Switzerland’s broadcaster, Alain Berset, Switzerland’s minister of health, said that he didn’t question the science on masks enough at the beginning of the pandemic. On 29 January 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised that wearing medical masks when not indicated may cause unnecessary cost, procurement burden and create a […]
Covid: new cases down 12% in Switzerland this week
This week, 7,843 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Switzerland, down 12% from the week before (8,897), continuing the downward trend of new numbers of recorded infections, which fell 16% over the prior week. The 7-day average is currently 1,120. Over the last 4 weeks, the 7-day rolling average case number has fallen by 894 […]
Only vaccinated to get Covid certificates before end June in Switzerland
Initially, in Switzerland, only those who have been vaccinated will get a Covid certificate. Those who have received a negative test result or have been infected and recovered will have to wait, according to a report in the TagesAnzeiger. This information was later confirmed by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), according to RTS. […]
Covid: new cases continue to decline in Switzerland this week
This week, saw 8,897 new Covid-19 cases in Switzerland, down 16% from the week before (10,639), continuing the downward tend of new numbers of recorded infections, which fell 21% over the prior week. The 7-day average is currently 1,271. The last time it was this low was mid-March 2021. Covid deaths are declining too. This […]
Swiss Covid-19 deaths 38% higher than official figure, reveals research
According to calculations by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a global health research centre at the University of Washington, 14,040 people have likely died from Covid-19 in Switzerland rather than the 10,179 deaths officially recorded. That is 38% more. The total global Covid-19 death toll using IHME’s methodology is 7.3 million, a […]
