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Christian Althaus, an epidemiologist at the University of Bern and an expert on the Corona crisis, sees the need for action, but at the same time is hopeful.
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Christian Althaus predicted the spread and danger of Covid-19 early on. You are now assessing the situation in Switzerland in the second wave. He sees serious omissions by the cantons, but hopes that it will work without a new lockdown.
The number of corona cases has increased tremendously in recent days. Why?
Since June, the number of cases has doubled roughly every four weeks. We also saw this trend in hospitalizations and deaths. Back in August, we had hundreds of cases a day, making contact tracing increasingly irregular. In recent weeks, life has changed indoors, where the virus is spreading better. That is why we have completely lost control now, even before the actual winter.
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