More More Army audit concludes masks were bought at market price This content was published on Apr 22, 2021 Apr 22, 2021 There are “strong indications” that the Swiss army did not overpay for hygiene and respiratory masks last year.
More More Coronavirus: the situation in Switzerland This content was published on Apr 22, 2021 Apr 22, 2021 The government wants people to keep working from home if possible at least until the end of May.
More More Coronavirus: the latest numbers This content was published on Apr 22, 2021 Apr 22, 2021 Here is an overview of the most important Swiss-related coronavirus data and graphs, which are updated automatically.
More More Plans outlined for gradual phase-out of anti-Covid restrictions This content was published on Apr 21, 2021 Apr 21, 2021 The government has presented a detailed timetable for relaxing Covid restrictions in Switzerland over the next few months.
Where are the women at the top of the UN? This content was published on Apr 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021 The United Nations has had nine secretaries general in its 75-year history. But not one of them has been a woman, and it's unlikely to change soon.
More More CureVac seeks Covid-19 shot approval in Switzerland This content was published on Apr 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021 German drugmaker CureVac has submitted an application for the approval of its Covid-19 vaccine with the Swiss drugs regulator.
More More Chair of pharma firm Roche advocates mandatory Covid-19 vaccination This content was published on Apr 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021 Christoph Franz said he was in favour of compulsory jabs if vaccination coverage rates were insufficient and if there was a social consensus.
Visible and invisible inequalities This content was published on Apr 19, 2021 Apr 19, 2021 Decades of focus on poverty reduction and neoliberal politics have made us more indifferent to forms of inequality that may be life-threatening.
More More Call for caution ahead of latest Covid-19 reopenings This content was published on Apr 18, 2021 Apr 18, 2021 Head of the government’s scientific Covid task force warns of “significant risk” ahead of the relaxing of Covid-19 restrictions on Monday.
More More Critics force vote to rein in government’s Covid policy This content was published on Apr 18, 2021 Apr 18, 2021 A citizens’ group has brought a referendum against a law which gives the Swiss government the right to curtail public life during a pandemic.
More More Large turnout for Schaffhausen anti-Covid measures demo This content was published on Apr 17, 2021 Apr 17, 2021 Almost 1,000 people have gathered in the northern Swiss town of Schaffhausen to protest against government Covid-19 measures.
More More Covid-19: Canada on Swiss high-risk list This content was published on Apr 17, 2021 Apr 17, 2021 Canada has been placed on Switzerland’s list of countries with an increased risk of infection by the coronavirus.
More More Aviation industry demands action to get planes back in the air This content was published on Apr 16, 2021 Apr 16, 2021 Swiss aviation sector presents a three-pronged plan to get air transport back in action as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.
More More Senior WHO official under investigation by Italian judiciary This content was published on Apr 16, 2021 Apr 16, 2021 It's a ticking bomb. Ranieri Guerra, special adviser to the WHO head, is under investigation by the Bergamo public prosecutor.
More More Swiss divided over employer role in Covid-19 vaccinations This content was published on Apr 15, 2021 Apr 15, 2021 Roughly half of workers want their employer to play an active role in encouraging staff to take the jab against the coronavirus, a new survey shows.
More More Swiss pharma lags behind in global innovation ranking This content was published on Apr 15, 2021 Apr 15, 2021 Swiss pharmaceutical companies rank low in a global ranking of the 50 most innovative firms.
More More ‘Brave but risky’: Swiss papers react to Covid-19 easing plan This content was published on Apr 15, 2021 Apr 15, 2021 The Swiss media have reacted with surprise, relief and concern following yesterday’s government decision to further relax Covid restrictions.
More More Restaurants to re-open despite high Covid infection rate This content was published on Apr 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 The Swiss government is to allow outdoor tables in restaurants and bars again as of next Monday following a four-month temporary closure.
More More Experts warn against Covid school closures This content was published on Apr 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 A Zurich study supports findings by OECD experts that school closures do more harm than good and should be avoided if possible.
More More Hear Swiss stories for the world on The Swiss Connection podcast This content was published on Apr 13, 2021 Apr 13, 2021 Why aren’t Swiss pharma giants more involved in making Covid-19 vaccines? And what will this mean for their role in future pandemics?
More More Government faces growing pressure to relax Covid measures This content was published on Apr 12, 2021 Apr 12, 2021 Pressure is building on the Swiss government to ease restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
More More Covid crisis heightening factors that can lead to youth suicide This content was published on Apr 11, 2021 Apr 11, 2021 The pandemic has exacerbated feelings of loneliness, sadness and anxiety among children, says a leading Swiss psychologist.
More More Covid-19: 740,000 tests in reserve now unusable This content was published on Apr 11, 2021 Apr 11, 2021 The PCR tests, bought last spring as part of an emergency reserve, have expired, costing the authorities millions of francs in losses.
More More How an app is helping women self-diagnose perinatal depression This content was published on Apr 11, 2021 Apr 11, 2021 After her own overwhelming experience, a former pharma executive quit her job and went on a journey to try to find a unique solution.
More More Police break up unauthorised Covid demonstration in central Swiss town This content was published on Apr 10, 2021 Apr 10, 2021 Officers fired teargas at protestors in Altdorf on Saturday, as other cities remained mostly calm despite calls for large protests this weekend.
More More Study shows benefits of physical and cognitive play in dementia patients This content was published on Apr 10, 2021 Apr 10, 2021 Elderly participants who trained regularly on a fitness device developed by a Swiss company showed improvements in cognitive skills.
More More Lonza to create 1,200 new jobs at vaccine-production site This content was published on Apr 10, 2021 Apr 10, 2021 The Swiss pharmaceutical company is recruiting workers to join its new plant in southern Switzerland.
More More Covid-19: students want end to full university shutdowns This content was published on Apr 10, 2021 Apr 10, 2021 Students are calling for teaching to be possible at universities, and for their concerns to be addressed by the government.
More More Cantons step up controls after foreigners get Covid-19 jabs This content was published on Apr 9, 2021 Apr 9, 2021 There have been several cases of non-resident foreigners getting Covid-19 jabs in cantons Valais and Graubünden. Both cantons have tightened checks.
More More Study suggests one in three Swiss entertains Covid conspiracy theories This content was published on Apr 9, 2021 Apr 9, 2021 Are more people signing up to Covid conspiracy theories?
More More Vaccine access inequities increase global tensions This content was published on Apr 9, 2021 Apr 9, 2021 Global health authorities have stepped up their calls for equitable distribution of vaccines. A Geneva expert warns of vaccine nationalism.
More More The 'moral' implications of vaccine distribution This content was published on Apr 9, 2021 Apr 9, 2021 Tedros Adhanom, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), discusses the inequities of access to vaccines.
More More Switzerland will not protest WHO Covid report on China This content was published on Apr 8, 2021 Apr 8, 2021 Switzerland refuses to be drawn into an international row over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
More More Fewer antibiotics needed to fatten calves, study shows This content was published on Apr 8, 2021 Apr 8, 2021 Swiss researchers have developed a unique method to reduce the use of antibiotics in calves while still maintaining the profitability of farms.
More More Switzerland in race for sufficient Covid immunisation This content was published on Apr 7, 2021 Apr 7, 2021 Health authorities have called for an extra effort from the Swiss population to keep Covid infections as low as possible in the next few months.
More More Covid-19 unrest: youth parties demand government action This content was published on Apr 5, 2021 Apr 5, 2021 The youth branches of five Swiss political parties are calling on the government to provide better prospects.
More More X-Rays of the Unconscious This content was published on Apr 5, 2021 Apr 5, 2021 One hundred years ago the Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach published a test which promised to reveal the depths of the human mind.
More More Switzerland mulls future European coordination on medical supplies This content was published on Apr 4, 2021 Apr 4, 2021 “The pandemic has shown us that we are very dependent, maybe too much so, on other markets,” Swiss President Guy Parmelin has said.
More More Border guards record 700 cases of travellers flouting Covid test rules This content was published on Apr 3, 2021 Apr 3, 2021 Over the past two months, around 700 people have been found entering without the necessary negative Covid-19 test.
More More Vaccine patent waiver push takes centre stage in Geneva This content was published on Apr 3, 2021 Apr 3, 2021 Richer countries including Switzerland are resisting a push for a patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccine technology.
