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Freiburg closes gastronomy, culture and leisure businesses
The canton of Friborg is tightening the screw when it comes to protective measures. Restaurants, bars, theaters, cinemas, museums, leisure and fitness centers and swimming pools will be closed until the end of November.
The regulation applies as of Wednesday at 11 pm, as the State Council announced to the media on Tuesday. The measures are essential to stop the advance of the pandemic.
The cantons of Jura, Geneva and Neuchâtel have also closed public facilities and other infrastructure. Two weeks ago, the Valais began with restrictions on the opening hours of restaurants and the closure of cultural sites. Friborg is one of the crown hot spots in Switzerland.
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Are there differences in cantonal evolution?
Canton’s chief physician, Hauri, says there are actually cantonal differences. But it is difficult or impossible to say exactly why a development is taking place. “You can guess something like that, but you can’t prove it scientifically.”
Can you now see an effect of the measures taken by the Federal Council on October 18?
Masserey says it is impossible to say what effect individual measures will have on the epidemiological situation. For example, some cantons would have taken action even earlier. The measures taken as a whole will take effect. And above all, the decreasing mobility as a result of the measures is important to stabilize the figures.
Does triage come in hospitals?
Does a journalist want to know if a nationwide triage will be necessary in hospitals starting in mid-November? Masserey cannot really answer that, she hopes this is not necessary due to the reduction in contacts and the resulting decrease in the number of cases.
Masserey: “New infections must now recede rapidly”
Even if we see a slowdown in the growth of the number of cases or a stabilization, it takes a few more days for hospital admissions to stabilize. “Therefore, infections must now recede rapidly so that hospitals are not overloaded.”
Where do people get infected?
Is it more dangerous to go to school or to the restaurant? “It’s hard to say,” Masserey says. There are no exact numbers. In schools there is more transmission from children to teachers than from teachers to children. In restaurants, confined space is particularly problematic.
Are the fans enough?
At the moment there are still fans in stock in the army, the cantons can consult them, says Masserey. Canton’s doctor, Hauri, adds that he doesn’t think ventilators are the limiting factor in hospitals, but staff do.
Is there a change in the test strategy in Neuchâtel?
Virginie Masserey says there is apparently a small change in the testing strategy at Neuchâtel. Asymptomatic direct contact persons can also be quarantined there directly without a test. And then when you’re pretty sure the person is infected. But that’s not a real change in strategy.
Canton Chief Medical Officer: “Contact tracing is not done in the cantons as it should”
“Contact tracing is still not done in the cantons as it should,” says Rudolf Hauri, president of the Cantonal Medical Association. It is overloaded. An operation on the running gear is not easy either.
There are always discussions about quarantine. Close contacts of infected people want to be excluded from quarantine time and time again. For example, employees of authorities and hospitals. Exceptions are granted here, but only for work. Even if exceptions were granted, in private life these people would always be quarantined.
Another challenge is ensuring that all patients can continue to receive treatment, including Covid-19 patients.
He concludes: “We all have to pull on our belts, a slight descent or stabilization is not enough. The decline must be sustainable to ease the health system.
“The pandemic continues to be worrisome across Europe”
“The pandemic continues to be worrisome in Europe. It is too early to tell if the measures taken last week are working, ”says Virginie Masserey, head of the Infection Control section at FOPH. It seems that the number of cases tends to stabilize a bit. Daily hospital admissions have doubled since last week. The 72 deaths reported today are also very high.
There is currently 27 percent capacity in intensive care units. If the numbers continue to grow as they have been, the intensive care units will be full in five days ”. Mobility data would indicate that people move less, so the measures are working.
Everyone should keep their contacts to a minimum.
BAG press conference begins
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BAG press conference at 2pm live broadcast
The BAG invites you to a specialist level press point today at 2 pm We are broadcasting the conference here on the live stream, on the live ticker and on the SRF information. The following people are expected:
- Virginie Masserey, BAG, Head of the Infection Control Section
- Rudolf Hauri, President of the Cantonal Medical Association
- Daniel Albrecht, BAG, Head of The Therapeutic Products Law Section
- Amedeo Cianci, Head of Legal Section 2 of the FOPH
Graubünden: Mandatory mask in higher school from next Monday
The canton of Graubünden is adapting to most other cantons when it comes to the requirement to wear a mask in schools. Starting next Monday, students and teachers at level 1 of secondary school will have to wear masks.
High school level 1 includes high school and high school from seventh through ninth grade. Government Councilor Jon Domenic Parolini in Chur announced the decision to make masks mandatory in public and private schools during the government’s monthly meeting with media representatives. The mandatory period lasts until December 22.
Parolini said that this measure could prevent entire classes from having to be quarantined due to the risk of infection with the corona virus. According to the governing council, this has happened recently in some schools in the canton.
6,126 new cases – 2,909 people in hospital
- The Federal Office of Public Health has noon today 6126 new cases who tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days.
- Then lies the 7-Day Average at 7785. These are 37 percent more than in the previous week. Therefore, the trend is rapidly increasing to a very high level.
- the 7-day average positive rate is currently included 26.4 percent. This means that out of 100 tests, an average of 26 tests were positive. the Test volume in an average of 7 days lie for 30,806 tests per day and it’s over compared to the week before 21 percent uploaded.
- The BAG reports 72 new deaths. The cantons are currently reporting 2909 people are being treated in a hospital for Covid-19. These are 42 percent more than in the previous week.
Bern: principals can quarantine students and teachers
If a corona case occurs in a Berne school, school principals must now quarantine teachers, students or classes in consultation with the school inspection. The Cantonal Medical Office grants them this competence because cantonal contact tracing is overloaded.
As can be seen from a letter posted on the website of the cantonal education directorate, the cantonal medical office wants to break the chain of infection as soon as possible in this way. Depending on the situation, school principals must decide whether isolation or quarantine is appropriate.
Nidwalden and Uri are also reducing the number of people for events.
The governments of the cantons of Nidwalden and Uri have lowered the upper limit for the number of participants in events to 30. So far, the maximum limit of 50 people set by the federal government has been applied. In Nidwalden, the new regulation goes into effect on Wednesday, in Uri on Friday.
Of the six central Swiss cantons, only Lucerne and Zug remain within the upper limit of 50 people. In Nidwalden, starting Wednesday, a mask requirement will apply for high school students during lessons. Nidwalden kindergarten teachers must also wear a mask.
Public transport: night networks will be suspended
Public transport companies will close their night networks as of next weekend. These are the train and bus connections that operate early in the morning on weekends. The decision has been agreed with the Federal Office of Transport and is based on the requirements of the Federal Council, which ordered a curfew at 11 pm, the transport company writes in a message. “This means that there is no demand for night supply.” Regular late connections continue to work.
Doctor warns of “health disaster” at Freiburg Hospital
The HFR of the Freiburg hospital is feeling the second crown wave in full force. “We are on the brink of a health catastrophe,” warns the specialist in general internal medicine Nicolas Blondel in a video that was broadcast on social networks. «The situation is extremely serious. We already have more than 185 patients who have been hospitalized with a Covid-19 infection. “The newspaper La Liberté reports.
“If it continues like this, we will probably run out of space on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday,” warns the doctor. He also regrets that “the population is not aware of the seriousness of the situation.”
“The patients admitted to the hospital are mainly from Freiburg, which these days celebrated the traditional Kilbi,” continues Blondel. The median age of admitted patients is around 70 years, but there are also many younger patients, some of whom are less than 40 years old.
Friborg is one of the cantons most affected by the corona pandemic in Switzerland. The Freiburg government has already tightened measures against the spread of the corona virus several times and declared a state of emergency on Friday. She will announce new measures this Tuesday afternoon.
National selection of gymnasts in quarantine
The pandemic has also reached the Swiss national gymnastics squad. Due to a positive test on an unidentified person, the athletes are in quarantine until further notice.
Due to the mandatory break, serious preparation for the Swiss championships is not possible. Therefore, the national title fights scheduled for the following Saturday in Schaffhausen have been canceled.
