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SWISS shuns Hong Kong over strict crew quarantine rules

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This content was published on Dec 4, 2021 Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) temporarily halts its flights from Zurich to Hong Kong.

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Covid vaccines: how to end the wait for billions of people

This content was published on Dec 3, 2021 A waiver on intellectual property rights could be the key to getting more Covid drugs and vaccines to the developing world. But it's controversial.

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Effective vaccines against Covid-19 have been developed in record time. But poor countries have been left behind.

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Facebook removes hundreds of accounts linked to fake Swiss biologist

This content was published on Dec 2, 2021 Meta has dismantled an operation, orchestrated from China, which used an account of a fictitious Swiss biologist named Wilson Edwards to fuel tensions with the US.

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WHO assembly in Geneva plans global pandemic pact

This content was published on Dec 1, 2021 The 194 member nations of the World Health Organisation, including Switzerland, have pledged to open talks on a new global deal to better deal with pandemics.

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Omicron exposes our pandemic failures

This content was published on Nov 30, 2021 Responses to the new Omicron Covid-19 variant leave an uncomfortable feeling that we might be about to make the same mistakes all over again.

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Inside Geneva Podcast: Do we need a pandemic treaty?

This content was published on Nov 30, 2021 Vaccines have been developed in record time, yet nearly half the world’s population has not received a single dose. What has gone wrong?

Workers dismantle infrastructure for WTO s 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva.

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Some quiet relief as Covid aborts the WTO ministerial

This content was published on Nov 30, 2021 Several of the World Trade Organization’s big member states will now avoid being put on the spot.

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How can we address future health threats?

This content was published on Nov 29, 2021 International disaster law offers valuable insights for pandemic treaty negotiations, argue researchers at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

Ignazio Cassis and Wang Yi shaking hands at an earlier meeting in Bern in 2019.

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Plane fault cancels Swiss foreign minister’s trip to China

This content was published on Nov 27, 2021 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis cancels meeting with Chinese Wang Yi after a technical fault on his government jet.

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