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(wed / time / dpo / dpa) The Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) adjusted its list of states and areas requiring quarantine once again on Friday. The German federal states Berlin and Hamburg have recently been on the list. This is the first time that Switzerland has placed large German cities on the quarantine list. Border areas are generally excluded from this because many people who work in Switzerland live there.
Furthermore, the BAG added the Austrian federal states of Burgenland and Salzburg, as well as the Italian regions of Campania, Sardinia and Veneto to its quarantine list on Friday. A new ten-day quarantine obligation will also apply to travelers from the following countries starting next Monday, October 12: Georgia, Iran, Jordan, Canada, Russia, Slovakia and Tunisia.
The BAG quarantine list now includes a total of 61 states and areas. This also includes numerous regions in the neighboring countries of France, Germany, Italy and Austria. They are no longer on the quarantine list since October 12: Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Namibia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.
Shortening the quarantine period is not a problem for BAG
The quarantine period in Switzerland is currently ten days. Unlike other countries, in Switzerland a negative corona test does not release you from the quarantine obligation. When asked if the length of the quarantine could be shortened, Virginie Masserey, Head of the Infection Control Section, responded at the FOPH press conference on Friday: “We see this regularly. It’s a difficult question. “This week, Health Minister Alain Berset confirmed this position in a performance.
In the aviation and tourism industries in particular, there have been repeated calls lately for the quarantine period to be shortened. However, at the moment, according to Masserey, this is not appropriate. “The risk of infection is still too high,” said the BAG woman.
