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Men are more susceptible to coronavirus than women

This content was published on Mar 31, 2020 In Switzerland 58% of people hospitalised for coronavirus are men. When it comes to deaths, men are even more affected than women at 60%.

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Swiss railways boss sees faint light at end of coronavirus tunnel

This content was published on Mar 31, 2020 The outgoing head of the Swiss Federal Railways says the coronavirus crisis could lead to a change in the travel habits of the Swiss.

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Swiss sailors’ amateur films inspire Zurich art show

This content was published on Mar 31, 2020 Curators in Zurich used archive film footage of the Swiss merchant marine to explore current issues related to the sea.

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How the mobile coronavirus test works

This content was published on Mar 29, 2020 In frustration at the government’s decision to check only high-risk groups, some Swiss cantons have set up their own testing facilities.

Police speaks to young people by Lake Zurich

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How the Covid-19 crisis reveals cultural divide between Swiss language regions

This content was published on Mar 29, 2020 Switzerland’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the ‘Röstigraben’ – the imaginary cultural and social divide between language regions.

Author in sunglasses, waving to camera with a gloved-hand

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When I venture into Geneva, hand in glove

This content was published on Mar 29, 2020 My wife and I play our new No-Touch-Unless-Must game now when either of us goes out

History

The first Swiss shopping mall

This content was published on Mar 28, 2020 The “Shoppi” in a Zurich-area suburb changed the Swiss shopping style. Prosperity in Switzerland rose massively after the Second World War.

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Swiss doctors call for better supplies of vaccines

This content was published on Mar 27, 2020 Carlos Quinto, a board member of the Swiss Medical AssociationExternal link (FMH), told the Swiss public broadcaster SRFExternal link that stocks of Pneumovax, which helps patients with respiratory diseases or immune deficiencies to ward off pneumonia, have run out. “Patients are calling us and we then have to tell them that there is nothing left,”…

Culture

Museum pays compensation for Glaser art collection

This content was published on Mar 27, 2020 The museumExternal link acknowledged that Glaser had been “a victim of National Socialism” and said it had reached a “fair and just” solution with his heirs. The collection of more than 100 pieces, including works by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall, was bought at auction in Berlin in 1933. In 2008 the museum…

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Intensive care beds could run out in a week, study predicts

This content was published on Mar 27, 2020 Switzerland will run out of intensive care beds on April 2 owing to the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by ETH Zurich.

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