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[ad_1] A man carries chairs and tables to a bar in Brussels: the doors will be closed for the next four weeks. Image: keystone Belgium is on the brink of a tsunami Belgian politicians warn that control of the coronavirus could soon disappear. Testing labs are already overloaded and hospitals …

[ad_1] Lead study author Gerry McElvaney (left) and co-author Ger Curley in front of RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin. Image: RCSI Medical breakthrough: blood test can predict severe course of Covid Scientists have developed a blood test that may represent a medical advance in the diagnosis …

[ad_1] More and more Covid 19 patients are reporting long-lasting and sometimes drastic health problems. Doctors estimate that one in three suffers from it. A woman from Zurich tells how she suddenly had to depend on the walker. The 43-year-old art historian did not know for weeks that she was …

[ad_1] According to the study, bottle-fed babies consume more than 1.5 million microplastic particles every day, which are released from the bottle with frequent use. Children in developed countries are at higher risk because they are less likely to breastfeed. For the study published Monday in the trade journal “Nature …

[ad_1] Keystone 1/5 The number of corona cases is increasing rapidly. Individual hospitals already fear overload. Keystone 2/5 Currently, around 600 corona patients are being cared for in Swiss hospitals. Keystone 3/5 Over the weekend alone, 171 people in Switzerland were hospitalized for Covid-19. Keystone 4/5 However, at the national …

[ad_1] AFP 1/7 The Champions League enters the new season. imago images / MIS 2/7 There are great successes waiting for us. For example, Manuel Neuer faces Atlético with Bayern. imago images / MIS 3/7 However, the game in Munich will take place in front of empty ranks, as here …

[ad_1] Tighter measures against the spread of the corona virus have been in effect across the country since Monday. This includes an expansion of the mask requirement and a maximum number of people in meetings. The Federal Council decided Sunday in an extraordinary meeting. The obligation to wear a mask …

[ad_1] Keystone 1/8 St. Gallen CVP Health Director Bruno Damann reports on the canton government’s new crown measures. Keystone 2/8 The St. Galler has already tightened protection measures over the weekend, for example, with a ban on dancing in clubs and bars. Keystone 3/8 Do FC St. Gallen fans now …

[ad_1] Since the beginning of autumn, the cantons of central Switzerland have also been hit the hardest by the corona virus. Here you will find the most important figures on the situation in the cantons of Lucerne, Zug, Schwyz, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Uri. Click on a canton to find out …

[ad_1] The Federal Office of Public Health reports an average of 2,900 new laboratory-confirmed infections per day over the weekend. The average age of those infected remains low. Federal Councilor Alain Berset dons the protective mask. During the press conference last Friday, he predicted the weekly doubling of infections. Image: …