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- While corona vaccination campaigns have already started in certain countries such as Britain and the US, the start of vaccination in Switzerland is still pending.
- But the organizational and logistical preparations are currently in full swing in Switzerland.
- Most of the cantons are at the starting point for the start of vaccination.
Vaccination centers are planned in many cantons and mobile vaccination teams are also planned. Starting in January, these should be available in many places. When it comes to the question of who should be vaccinated as a priority, the cantons follow the target groups and requirements according to the vaccination strategy of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
In the canton Bern According to the health department, the vaccination is initially only administered in a few vaccination centers spread throughout the canton. In the canton Zürich The city’s travel medicine center will be the reference vaccination center. Mobile vaccination teams are also provided, for example for homes. The locations of potential vaccination centers are currently being evaluated.
Cantons evaluate the location of vaccination centers
The canton too Aargau wants to make it possible to vaccinate the population quickly. It is not yet clear whether this will be implemented primarily through existing structures or vaccination centers. In the canton Schaffhausen preparations are “in full swing,” as a health department spokeswoman says. In the canton Solothurn the number and location of vaccination centers are being evaluated.
The cantons also want Baselland and Basel city Be ready in early 2021. Baselland wants to start a central station for corona vaccines for now. In Basel-Stadt, there will be a vaccination center in the Messe Basel buildings.
The federal government sets the pace
The cantons of Central Switzerland still leave open in some cases how they want to carry out the vaccination campaign. In the canton Lucerne Vaccination centers and decentralized options, such as mobile practices and teams, are examined as locations. As soon as the canton has received the necessary information from the federal government, the canton will inform the population. They want to start getting vaccinated immediately as soon as the corona vaccine is available Uri, Schwyz and Obwalden.
Canton Zug meanwhile, a vaccination center and a mobile vaccination team are being planned. Nidwalden it is basically ready for a vaccination campaign from January, as the canton doctor Peter Gürber says. Vaccination is expected to take place in a decentralized manner in doctor’s offices and pharmacies. But there is also a concept for a vaccination center.
The eastern cantons of Switzerland also want to be ready in January. According to the current state of planning, it should be in the canton Thurgau Give vaccination centers, as announced by the State Chancellery. Even in the canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden there are plans to open vaccination centers. But it is also possible that vaccinations are carried out with mobile vaccination teams or in practice. In Appenzell Innerrhoden Vaccination centers will be set up in the hospital and in family doctor’s offices, the Innerrhoder Ratskanzlei announced.
Vaccine approval is pending
In Grisons and Glarus It is not yet clear where the vaccination will take place. In Glarus you could imagine a cantonal vaccination center, in Graubünden a working group is working on the issue. In the canton St. Gallen Preparatory work for the vaccines is currently underway and an announcement is due next week. at Tessin He must be vaccinated in up to six vaccination centers, as well as by doctors and other medical facilities, and a mobile team is also planned.
The timing of the initial shot for the first Swiss crown vaccines is not in the hands of the cantons. Because they have to wait for Swissmedic to approve the vaccines and the federal government to deliver them.
