More More Western societies were poorly prepared to cope with the pandemic This content was published on Feb 25, 2021 Feb 25, 2021 A year after the first case of coronavirus in Switzerland science journalist Barbara Gallavotti analyses the Swiss response.
More More Swiss government confirms gradual reopening plans This content was published on Feb 24, 2021 Feb 24, 2021 The government and cantons have agreed on the staggered reopening plans announced earlier this month.
More More Coronavirus: the situation in Switzerland This content was published on Feb 23, 2021 Feb 23, 2021 The level of infections continues to slow in Switzerland. Vaccinations are underway across the nation.
More More Switzerland could sell or give away AstraZeneca doses if regulator dithers This content was published on Feb 21, 2021 Feb 21, 2021 A lack of green light from medicines regulator Swissmedic could see 5.3 million doses ordered by Switzerland sent elsewhere.
More More Wengen to launch mass Covid-19 testing for hotel staff This content was published on Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021 All hotel staff in the Swiss ski resort of Wengen must undergo a coronavirus test on Saturday morning, health authorities say.
More More Covid-19: Switzerland sees record drop in overnight hotel stays This content was published on Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021 The Swiss hotel sector registered a 40% drop in overnight stays in 2020 compared with 2019, latest statistics show.
More More Secret discounts leave patients at drugmakers’ mercy This content was published on Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021 A University of Zurich study has found that using confidential discounts on drugs does little to make them available faster and more affordable.
More More Coronavirus: the latest numbers This content was published on Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021 Here is an overview of the most important Swiss-related coronavirus data and graphs, which are updated automatically.
More More Some Swiss cantons call for earlier restaurant re-openings This content was published on Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021 Several cantons have called for restaurants to be re-opened a month earlier than the official nationwide plan presented by the government.
Swiss response to Covid-19 and other unarmed conflicts This content was published on Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021 The pandemic should lead us to question how we define conflicts.
More More Swiss Covid restrictions to be lifted cautiously and gradually This content was published on Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 The government plans to re-open shops, museums and sports facilities from March 1 as part of its exit strategy for the Covid-19 restrictions.
More More Students’ finances suffer as part-time jobs dry up This content was published on Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 Many students are hit financially because Covid measures have affected part-time jobs. There is no national student hardship scheme like elsewhere.
More More How Covid-19 hits youngsters hard in Switzerland This content was published on Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 Faced with restrictions on their social life and anxious about their futures, the pandemic is taking a heavy toll on Swiss youngsters.
More More Hear Swiss stories for the world on The Swiss Connection podcast This content was published on Feb 16, 2021 Feb 16, 2021 Sometimes changing names and continents is the best way to cope in a pandemic.
More More Pressure builds on Swiss government over Covid lockdown This content was published on Feb 15, 2021 Feb 15, 2021 The Swiss government is facing a difficult balancing act between lifting lockdown measures and preventing a third wave of infections.
More More Calls grow louder to ease Swiss Covid-19 restrictions This content was published on Feb 14, 2021 Feb 14, 2021 Cantonal ministers and business associations are putting mounting pressure on the Federal Council to ease pandemic restrictions.
More More Doctors raise doubts about Swiss Covid-19 vaccination timetable This content was published on Feb 13, 2021 Feb 13, 2021 Senior cantonal doctors have expressed doubts about the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccination timetable.
More More Digitising clinical data: an uphill road for Switzerland This content was published on Feb 13, 2021 Feb 13, 2021 Switzerland is still a long way from achieving digitised and personalised healthcare.
More More Ethics commission rejects compulsory vaccinations This content was published on Feb 12, 2021 Feb 12, 2021 A general vaccination obligation in Switzerland would interfere “disproportionately with fundamental rights”.
More More Swiss health minister hints at some relaxing of pandemic measures This content was published on Feb 12, 2021 Feb 12, 2021 Alain Berset has called for the public to be patient but says the government may soon consider loosening some of the semi-lockdown measures.
More More Swiss army admits shortcomings in facing Covid challenge This content was published on Feb 11, 2021 Feb 11, 2021 The Armed Forces Pharmacy acknowledged mistakes in the process of securing medical supplies to combat the virus last spring.
More More Swiss carnival enthusiasts mourn second lost season This content was published on Feb 11, 2021 Feb 11, 2021 The traditional starting date of the Swiss carnival season is being mourned rather than celebrated this year as a result of the coronavirus. The...
More More NGOs warn of inequalities in developing countries due to Covid This content was published on Feb 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 People in developing countries have less to eat and saw their income drop as result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey in four continents has found.
More More Can Novartis really make its medicines available to everyone? This content was published on Feb 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 Novartis has said it wants everyone in the world to be able to access its products. Can its experiment work?
More More More effort needed to fight new variants, says Covid-19 taskforce This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 Switzerland must step up rather than reduce efforts to combat the virus, the head of the government’s Covid-19 taskforce has declared.
Covid review: not all our predictions were wrong This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 One year into the pandemic, we still have so many questions. Here in Geneva, we can put those questions to world leaders in public health.
More More Covid-19: When hindsight is 20-20 This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 It’s a year since Covid 19 went global, and we all headed into lockdown. In this episode Imogen Foulkes revisits some eerily prescient interviews.
More More How gender disparities impact health This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 A recent Swiss study sheds light on the inequalities between women and men in terms of health.
A candle on the coronavirus cake This content was published on Feb 6, 2021 Feb 6, 2021 From January 2020 until today, the world has been in the grips of to a tiny organism, invisible to the naked eye. Raise your hand if you could...
More More Alpine resorts offer mass Covid tests to stem new outbreaks This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Feb 5, 2021 The western Swiss canton of Vaud has become the latest to launch mass Covid-19 testing in its three biggest ski resorts.
More More ‘The virus is always evolving’ This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Feb 5, 2021 Should we be afraid of virus variants? Will vaccines be effective against new virus forms? Genomic epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft offers some insight.
More More Teachers’ association wants nationwide Covid testing in Swiss schools This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 Feb 4, 2021 The Swiss Teachers’ Association is demanding coronavirus tests be extended to schools across the whole of Switzerland.
More More In the vaccine race, can COVAX help poorer countries catch up? This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 Feb 4, 2021 COVAX expects to start rolling out Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries at the end of February. Can it really help them catch up?
More More Government rules out early end to Covid restrictions This content was published on Feb 3, 2021 Feb 3, 2021 The Swiss government says it is unlikely to ease its anti-Covid restrictions before the end of February amid fears of new strains of the virus.
More More Chinese pharma firm to acquire Swiss production facility This content was published on Feb 2, 2021 Feb 2, 2021 American pharmaceutical firm Bristol Myers Squibb is selling one of its Swiss medicine production facilities to the Chinese company WuXi STA. The...
More More Secure asylum centre re-opens to cope with rising unruly behaviour This content was published on Feb 2, 2021 Feb 2, 2021 Switzerland is re-opening a mothballed facility to house disruptive asylum seekers. The high security Les Verrières centre in the western canton...
More More Government purchases of masks under scrutiny This content was published on Jan 31, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 An internal investigation has been launched into the Swiss army pharmacy’s purchases of masks.
More More Vaccine delays cost Switzerland up to CHF100 million per day This content was published on Jan 31, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Delivery delays from vaccine manufacturers mean half as many people in Switzerland will be vaccinated as planned in February.
More More Swiss exempt from EU vaccine export controls This content was published on Jan 29, 2021 Jan 29, 2021 Switzerland is among the countries exempt from the European Union’s vaccine export controls, the European Commission said on Friday.
More More Novartis agrees to help Pfizer-BioNTech produce Covid-19 vaccine This content was published on Jan 29, 2021 Jan 29, 2021 Swiss pharma giant Novartis says it has signed an initial agreement to provide manufacturing capacity for Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine.
