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A photo of a crowded cable car in Verbier amid the pandemic set off an uproar in Switzerland, forcing plant management to make a robust course correction. The case, reports LeNouvelliste, born from a photo that showed a large group of people huddled yesterday at the entrance to the cable car of the Verbier ski resort, in the canton of Valais. The local government immediately requested measures, which were adopted this morning: respect for signals on the ground, distancing and additional personnel.
Open stations and plants in operation
In addition to Verbier, other ski areas already welcome visitors: in Saas-Fee-Morenia-Felskinn where it is possible to ski 40 km of slopes; Diavolezza is also open in the magical Engadine Valley, with 350 km of slopes open as of November 28. Just two hours from Milan in the town of Andermatt (Canton Uri), one of the areas with the highest snow coverage in Switzerland, it is possible to ski on the Gemsstock glacier, already open from October 31, while from October December 12 it will be possible to practice winter sports also throughout Skiarena, which connects Andermatt via the slopes with the tourist resorts of Sedrun and Disentis in the canton of Grisons.
From Zermatt to Davos to St. Moritz, covered in snow
In the first row the beautiful Zermatt, on the slopes of the Matterhorn, which has fully opened its doors and lifts as of December 5. And again, you can ski at the Col du Pillon-Le Diablerets open every day and where, in addition to skiing, you can safely cross a part of the glacier at 3,000 meters to the Quille du Diable, with a view that will take your breath away. The Titlis Glacier slopes, with ski lifts, are also open from October. In Davos, some slopes of the Davos Parsenn area are active, while Schatzalp opened on November 28. Splugen active since December 5, as well as Aletsch Arena. You can also regularly ski in Wengen, Corvatsch, Engelberg, Saas-Fee, Leukerbad, Stoos, as well as Arosa Lenzerheide and Flumseberg. The snow fell so hard in Switzerland that it forced the cancellation of the two women’s super-Gs scheduled for yesterday and today in Sankt Moritz. The Rhaetian railway, the Bernina line between Pontresina and Poschiavo, is closed due to the danger of avalanches.
Six million shots for the summer
Since the start of the pandemic, more than 350,000 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Switzerland out of a total of more than 2.9 million tests carried out. In total there are 4,848 deaths and the number of people hospitalized is 14,041. In Switzerland there are currently 27,525 people in solitary confinement and 25,411 who have come into contact with them and have placed them in quarantine. To these are added 190 who return from other countries at risk and are quarantined. The Swiss Federal Office for Public Health (FOPH) estimates that the coronavirus vaccination campaign will start in early January in the Swiss Confederation. There are 70,000 vaccinations a day, for a total of 6 million people vaccinated until the summer, in a country of just over 8.5 million inhabitants. Virginie Masserey, head of the infection control section of the UFSP, gave the figures in an interview with Nzz on sunday. The first vaccine is expected to be licensed in Switzerland in January, Masserey told the German-language weekly. It is also planned to start vaccinations at the same time throughout the country.
Intensive therapy
In the Confederation, intensive care services have absorbed the Covid shock without having to apply the commented protocol on the treatment of the elderly, with selection criteria by age and number of pathologies present. Therefore, there were no cases of untreated older people. However, in Swiss hospitals the beds, which before the emergency were 876 (and at one point were all occupied), have been increased to 1,600, thanks also to the intervention of the army, and could soon be increased to 2,000. according to Health Minister Alain Berset. 20% of these beds are occupied by patients with Covid-19. There are still 342 free.
December 6, 2020 (change December 6, 2020 | 7:46 PM)
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