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Japan and IOC agree to one-year delay to Tokyo 2020 Games

This content was published on Mar 24, 2020 Switzerland’s top sports body has joined calls for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be postponed owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Zurich uni offers free couples therapy during corona crisis

This content was published on Mar 24, 2020 With social distancing measures and home confinements, tensions are inevitable. There's free online counselling for those having a tough time.

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Women sweep major Swiss film awards upended by pandemic

This content was published on Mar 23, 2020 The Belgian-Swiss co-production “Le milieu de l’horizon” (Beyond the Horizon) by Delphine Lehericey was selected as the best fiction film. Joanne Giger received the prize for best screenplay for the same. The prize for best documentary went to “Immer und ewig” (The Journey – A Story of Love) by Fanny Bräuning. Olivia Pedroli, who composed the music…

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How social distancing is taking hold in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 23, 2020 What began as a recommendation to avoid handshakes and kisses on cheeks has turned into a measure urging residents to stay at home.

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Switzerland begins historic repatriation effort over coronavirus

This content was published on Mar 23, 2020 Three flights for stranded Swiss tourists in Latin America are scheduled this week and others are planned to bring back the thousands stuck abroad.

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Why homework won’t disappear after home studying ends

This content was published on Mar 23, 2020 When distance learning now in place as a result of the coronavirus outbreak comes to end, Swiss schools will reopen the debate on homework.

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Swiss Solidarity launches coronavirus support campaign

This content was published on Mar 23, 2020 The humanitarian arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, swissinfo.ch’s parent company, will use the money to give emergency assistance to the elderly, homeless and people with economic or social difficulties. Contributions to the campaign can be made via the website https://www.glueckskette.ch/External link or the postal account 10-15000-6, using the reference “Coronavirus”. Since it was established…

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Swiss hospitals to take French coronavirus patients

This content was published on Mar 22, 2020 Two hospitals in Basel and one in Jura, in northwestern Switzerland, said they would each take two French patients after the Alsace authorities sent out a distress call for help. The French region has been particularly badly hit following contagion among a large church service last month. Hospitals in Germany are also providing help along…

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Pandemic puts paid to ice hockey world championship

This content was published on Mar 21, 2020 The Ice Hockey World Championship, which had been scheduled to start in Switzerland from May 8, has been called off because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Swiss infection rate will take a week to slow

This content was published on Mar 21, 2020 The government has banned gatherings of more than five people, warning that CHF100 fines will be handed out to violators. Daniel Koch, head of communicable diseases at the Federal Office of Public Health, said it would take several days for the new restrictions to slow infection rates. “I am confident that we will probably see…

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