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Contact tracing only works incompletely. The cantons ask for help. Espresso explains what to do.
If a person tests positive for the coronavirus, someone from the cantonal contact tracing team reports it. Close contacts are then determined together, which are then reported and quarantined. However, due to the large number of cases, contact trackers are no longer able to continuously track in many places.
So what is to be done? The doctor from the highest canton in Switzerland, Rudolf Hauri, asked the population for help on Friday. At the press conference on the current situation, the president of the Cantonal Medical Association said: “People who have tested positive inform their close contacts themselves and promptly so that they can at least behave more cautiously or even better to go into quarantine. “
Contact tracing is used to find close contacts between people infected with the coronavirus. The SwissCovid app has been supporting this since the end of June.
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How Contact Trackers Can Help:
Enge Contacts: In addition to family members, this also includes close friends, possibly neighbors with whom you have had close contact. The person who tested positive must inform you and go into quarantine. This information should be provided as soon as possible.
Employers and Co-workers: Those who test positive will receive a confirmation for the employer’s attention. Depending on the situation at work, coworkers do not count as close contacts per se. However, in certain circumstances, it is helpful to inform colleagues if they develop symptoms.
School and nursery: If one parent has tested positive for the coronavirus, the whole family should stay home. So the children are also quarantined. The school will be informed accordingly. Caution is advised when informing Schulgspänli. Close friends can only be informed. However, the canton’s medical service decides who should go into quarantine.
Shopping center, bakery, public transport company: Information is not required here, that is the job of the canton’s medical service. In addition, there are protection concepts aimed at preventing infections.
