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- According to experts and representatives of the federal government, Switzerland now has a higher number of corona cases than all the surrounding countries.
- The current measures are not close enough, the head of the federal Covid task force tells the media in Bern.
- With the increasing number of corona cases, testing capabilities are slowly running out as well.
- The federal government now calls on the population to avoid all unnecessary contacts in all areas of life.
According to Stefan Kuster, Head of Communicable Diseases at the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG), the situation of the crown in Switzerland remains very serious. “Now we have clearly surpassed all neighboring countries,” he told the Bundeshaus media. For example, the figures in Switzerland are five times higher than those in Germany.
More than a fifth of all tests are positive.
The number of infections in Switzerland has more than doubled in a week. The high positivity rate of more than 20 percent is also striking. “More than a fifth of all tests are positive,” Kuster said. The increase continues exponentially until the number of reproductions falls below 1. At the moment, 10 infected people infected another 16 people. According to Kuster, all age groups and regions are still affected.
We must act now. If we take action today, it will work in two weeks. The capacity of the intensive care beds is reached in two to three weeks.
Taskforce urgently warns
We have to act now. If we take action today, it will work in two weeks. The capacity of the intensive care beds is reached in two to three weeks. “This is what Martin Ackermann, head of the federal Covid 19 task force, said in front of the media. He answered a journalist’s question about whether Switzerland still He had time before the Federal Council imposed new measures across Switzerland on Wednesday.
The working group recommends keeping the measures in place until March or April to contain the epidemic in the long term. When asked by a journalist about the speed of the measures, Ackermann replied that the different actors had certainly assumed their responsibility, the federal government and the cantons together. “It goes forward.”
Close contacts should be minimized
According to Ackermann, the colder weather has contributed to the increase in numbers. The effectiveness of contact tracing suffered in early autumn due to the high number of cases and caused the acceleration. Furthermore, Switzerland adopted relatively relaxed measures in September.
We have a failure in the gearbox.
In view of the situation, close contacts must be severed urgently, stressed Rudolf Hauri, a doctor from the canton of Zug and president of the Association of Cantonal Doctors. This can be achieved by reducing physical proximity and unnecessary accumulations in leisure and sport. Therefore, it is important to carefully weigh the measurements. “Social contacts must remain possible,” says Hauri.
Testing capacity will soon be reached
With the increasing number of corona cases, Switzerland is running out of testing capacity. “If development continues like this, we will exceed testing capabilities,” Kuster said. Hauri also confirmed that contact tracing has reached its limits: “We have a gearbox damage.” So it can now be of great help to inform your close and good friends yourself so that they behave carefully and go into quarantine.
