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In our coronavirus guide you will find out how you can protect yourself from infections and what to do if you notice any symptoms.
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November 4, 2020: Theater Winterthur cancels performances
The Winterthur Theater will cancel all performances in the great hall due to the corona pandemic. There will be no performances until the end of the year. This is because only 50 people can be present at the events.
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November 4, 2020: 1,044 new corona infections in the canton of Zurich
The canton of Zurich has registered 1,044 new corona infections in the last 24 hours. This is advertised by the health department on its website. This means that the number has more than doubled since yesterday. Six people died in connection with the corona virus and another twelve corona patients had to be hospitalized.
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November 4, 2020: Valais decides to take additional protective measures against the crown
The Canton of Valais is taking additional corona protection measures to significantly reduce the COVID-19 case curve and avoid overloading the healthcare system. Starting Friday, restaurants, cafes and bars will also be completely closed. The Valais government announced on Wednesday. Starting Friday at 10 pm, restaurants, cafes, pubs, inns and bars that are open occasionally must be closed to the public. Bakeries, gas stations, train stations, hotels and camping bars are also affected.
Food and home delivery services are only allowed until 10 pm Markets where on-site consumption is prohibited are excluded from closing. Takeout is also allowed with dispensing options while maintaining a social distance until 10pm
Non-profit canteens, hospital or school canteens can remain open as long as stricter hygiene standards are observed, such as the requirement for masks for staff and a maximum of four people per table. The hotel restaurants can only cater for guests staying there, also in compliance with the strictest hygiene standards.
The measures apply until November 30 inclusive. They complement the restrictions already in force that were already in place two weeks ago. At that time, night bars, nightclubs, discos, piano bars, erotic clubs as well as cinemas, theaters, museums, libraries, fitness and wellness centers, public swimming pools, bowling alleys, concert halls and similar facilities were closed.
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November 4, 2020: Zurich University Hospital does not have to postpone urgent interventions
The Zurich University Hospital has had to cancel, postpone or outsource some non-urgent interventions since Wednesday. On Wednesday, 14 Covid patients were in the intensive care unit and 38 in the bed rooms.
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November 4, 2020: Swiss soccer league calls for uniform quarantine rules
The Swiss Football League with its 20 clubs asks cantonal health directors in a letter to standardize quarantine measures and proposes a five-point plan so that the game can continue.
The situation in Switzerland is that the quarantine affects entire teams, although various authorities have ensured that, apart from the player who tested positive, no one would have to be in quarantine if the protection concept was met. In the other countries, according to the SFL, positive cases are handled differently, so game postponements are rare.
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November 4, 2020: “If the measures don’t work, we have to act again”
On November 4, Health Minister Alain Berset, Defense Minister Viola Amherd and Finance Minister Ueli Maurer appeared before the media and provided information on the Federal Council’s decisions on the coronavirus. It involved army deployments, cantonal intensive care beds, Corona hardship cases, and contributions to lost funds for professional sports clubs.
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November 4, 2020 – Appenzell Ausserrhoden puts Teufen test center back into operation
The Ausserrhoder governing council has reacted to the increase in crown numbers: the cantonal management staff will be reinstated and the test center in Teufen, which was already operational in the spring, will be re-established.
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November 4, 2020 – Innerrhoder’s contact tracking is overwhelmed
Due to the sharp increase in the number of corona cases, the Appenzell Innerrhoden contact tracing can no longer trace all contacts
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November 4, 2020: Freiburg Cantonal Hospital expands its intensive care unit
The Cantonal Hospital of Freiburg is expanding its intensive care unit due to the numerous cases of Covid 19. The space is created by performing surgical and orthopedic interventions in two private clinics in Freiburg instead of in the cantonal hospital. In this way, internal medicine will receive 30 more beds and the number of intensive care beds will increase from 22 to 29. This was announced on Wednesday by the Freiburg hospital group HFR. The cantonal hospital belongs to this hospital group. The 22 intensive care beds were all filled at the beginning of the week.
Thanks to the relocation of interventions to other hospitals, the staff in the intensive care unit can also be increased. The HFR hospital in Freiburg also wants to work more closely with the intercantonal Broye hospital.
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November 4, 2020: BAG reports 10,073 new confirmed cases
On Wednesday, the BAG reported 10,073 new confirmed cases in 36,369 tests performed. This corresponds to a positivity rate of 27.7 percent. 73 people died, 247 were hospitalized.
Since the beginning, 2,080,775 tests have been carried out, 192,376 of which were positive. A total of 8,039 people were hospitalized and 2,275 died.
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November 4, 2020: 57 new corona infections and one death in the canton of Schaffhausen
Since Tuesday, 57 new infections with the corona virus have been registered in the canton of Schaffhausen. There was also a new death, the first in the canton since mid-July.
A total of nine people have died from or with the corona virus so far, as the canton of Schaffhausen announced on its website on Wednesday. The number of people who tested positive amounted to 838.
15 people are hospitalized, seven more than the day before. 272 are isolated, 568 in quarantine. 39 people are also in quarantine because they have returned from a country at risk.
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November 4, 2020: Casinotheater Winterthur ceases theater operations
The curtain on the Casinotheater Winterthur remains closed. Due to the decision of the Federal Council, all events will be postponed until December 31, 2020 inclusive. It is not possible for them to maintain an operation that covers the costs. Fredi’s restaurant is not affected.
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November 4, 2020: Canton St. Gallen Reports 589 New Cases
The canton of St. Gallen reports 589 new infections on Wednesday, nine people have died. Recently reported cases also contain late reports from previous days.
There are currently a total of 9,002 confirmed cases and 85 deaths throughout the canton.
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November 3, 2020: Vaud also enters partial lockdown
After the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, Jura and Friborg, the canton of Vaud is also massively tightening its screws when it comes to crown protection measures. Restaurants, bars, cinemas, theaters, museums, sports and fitness centers will be closed. Schools and nurseries remain open, as do hairdressing salons.
The regulation applies from Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. to November 30, as the Vaudois State Council announced to the media on Tuesday. The measures are essential to stop the advance of the pandemic, stressed the president of the Council of State, Nuria Gorrite (SP). Social and cultural life must be closed. The situation is very serious, the virus is spreading exponentially. Gorrite asked the population to limit contacts.
Public and private gatherings are only allowed up to five people. Wearing a mask is mandatory in closed rooms. Also, starting next Monday, people will work from home whenever possible.
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November 3, 2020: Corona positive case in Pfadi Winterthur
Pfadi Winterthur’s coach tested positive for the corona virus. That has an impact on the team and even on the national team.
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November 3, 2020: Volley Amriswil team quarantined
All Volley Amriswil players and coaching staff must be in crown quarantine with immediate effect. The canton of Thurgau had ordered this.
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November 3, 2020: Glarus allows patio heaters under certain conditions
Food businesses will need more space this winter to be able to comply with the distance rules due to the corona pandemic. On Tuesday, the Glarner Gastroverband and the canton’s department of energy and environmental protection communicated their mutually agreed solution.
Consequently, patio heaters can be used if they are powered by renewable energy such as wood pellets, certified electricity, or CO2 offset. In such cases, a permit is issued and a vignette is issued.
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November 3, 2020: Freiburg closes restaurants and cultural establishments
The canton of Friborg is tightening the screw when it comes to protective measures against the crown. 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 at the canton’s police headquarters in Granges-Paccot FR. The measures are essential to stop the advance of the pandemic.
Services and funerals can only take place with a maximum of 30 people, not including priests. Also, rallies are only allowed with a maximum of this number of people, provided they are approved by senior officials (government officials).
Schools are not closed. There are relatively few infections there, said director of education Jean-Pierre Siggen. The army will collaborate in the canton of Friborg from Saturday with 75 members of the medical troops.
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November 3, 2020: Wallis Has Relocated Patients
In Valais, the transfer of patients from Wallis Hospital who are not sick with Covid-19 began on Tuesday. The hospital thus increases its capacity to admit Covid 19 patients. The Valais hospital will face a sharp increase in the number of Covid 19 patients, the Department of Health, Social Affairs and Culture announced on Tuesday.
The number of hospital admissions reached the threshold set for the external reinforcement requirement, according to the statement. This is the case for more than 240 patients at the Center Hospitalier du Valais Romand. The latter had to completely stop non-urgent and postponed activities. It is said that the patients of the Hospital Center went to the hospital
