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Contact tracing was only temporarily possible to a limited extent in the canton of Schwyz due to the increasing number of corona infections. Now the canton has given the go-ahead: since last week, contact trackers have been contacting people infected with corona, as well as all the people personally who were in close contact with these so-called index people and therefore have to be in quarantine.
“Contact tracing can be fully and quickly re-secured,” the Department of the Interior writes in a message. To make this possible, the Office of Health and Social Affairs (AGS) has currently created 21 full-time positions in the contact tracing process and at Corona Infoline in addition to the normal staff budget. Also, up to nine people are available for contact tracing in the Lung League, as it’s called.
60 new infections
In addition, the canton reports that the downward trend in the number of cases, which has been emerging for a good week, has been confirmed. In the last 24 hours, 60 people recently infected with the coronavirus were reported. For comparison: on October 28, a peak of 163 new cases had been recorded.
However, 69 people are currently hospitalized in the canton due to Covid-19. That is the highest number since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic. The evolution of the number of cases, however, gives reasons to be “sure that the measures taken will have an effect,” says the message. “The Ministry of the Interior observes that the population adheres to the measures and also exercises its own responsibility and does not have close contacts
Avoid protective measures. “(Noo)
