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Mandatory vaccination for important events?
Large event organizations are considering mandatory vaccinations for visitors. The basic requirement for organizers is to plan for security over months and years. A mandatory vaccination could be a means to regain this security, as the managing director of the industry association of professional organizers of Swiss concerts, shows and festivals, Stefan Breitenmoser, told “SonntagsBlick”. For its part, the Swiss Football League clarifies what a vaccination requirement means for football, for players and for stadiums. The question is whether such an obligation is legally permissible. According to the Federal Office of Justice, it should be allowed to treat vaccinated and unvaccinated people differently.
Small cuts at large employers
The fear that Swiss companies could cut staff on a large scale due to the economic recession in the wake of the corona pandemic has not come true. On the contrary. Large employers have even created new jobs this year. This is especially true for retailer Coop, which created 1,000 new jobs. But Migros, Volg, Landi, Lidl, Aldi, Otto’s and Spar also increased their number of jobs. In the industry, the pharmaceutical and chemical supplier Lonza stood out, increasing the workforce by 500 only in Visp VS. The work miracle is likely to continue into the new year. A total of 20 of the 90 large employers surveyed by “SonntagsZeitung” want to create new jobs. Only 9 face job cuts.
Is the blockade coming across Europe?
More than 350 scientists from across Europe are calling for the fight against the corona pandemic to be more closely coordinated. Efforts to reduce the number of cases should be synchronized in all European countries, writes the “NZZ am Sonntag”. The appeal, which was published in the medical journal “The Lancet”, was also signed by nine researchers from Switzerland, including the former chairman of the Federal Scientific Task Force, Matthias Egger, and the Geneva virologist Isabelle Eckerle. “If some relax while others tighten it, the success of the blockade in another country is jeopardized,” says Eckerle. Ultimately it all comes down to a blockade across Europe. Then it could be the last.
Swiss German Gunfighter
The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office accuses a 48-year-old German of having acquired weapons from Croatia, including pistols, bomb pistols and ammunition, for more than a dozen right-wing extremists from Germany and Austria. The man has been detained since July. As the “SonntagsBlick” investigation now shows, the alleged arms dealer lived and worked in Switzerland. He has an apartment in Buchs SG and is registered as the managing director of a Schwyz company. Meanwhile, Germany has asked the federal prosecutor’s office and the canton of Bern’s public prosecutor’s office to investigate the case. The arms dealer was active on the neo-Nazi scene for years. In 2016 he joined the AfD.
Mr and Mrs Swiss pay too much premium
According to Santésuisse, the industry association of health insurers, the Swiss pay premiums of more than 600 million Swiss francs for useless treatments each year. According to “SonntagsBlick”, the association bases this statement on an assessment carried out by the Swiss Federal Audit Office on May 19. The high premium could be saved if the corresponding treatments no longer had to be covered by the basic insurance. Matthias Müller, head of Policy and Communication at Santésuisse, criticizes that the Federal Office of Public Health takes too long to make the relevant decisions. Numerous decisions are pending.
Serious deficiencies in the army pharmacy.
A report from the Department of Defense internal audit department revealed serious deficiencies in the army pharmacy. In the spring, the organization purchased protective masks and other medical supplies for the health service on a large scale. The pharmacy was not prepared for this, writes the “SonntagsZeitung”. The pandemic showed that the existing structures were not sufficient for the acquisition of large quantities. In addition, there would be disagreements within the management of the army pharmacy. Federal Councilor Viola Amherd has tasked Army Chief Thomas Süssli with fixing the shortcomings and developing a new strategy. The pharmacy is currently storing and shipping the corona vaccines.
Christmas sales have plummeted
As a result of restrictions by the corona pandemic, sales in the Christmas business in Switzerland have collapsed. The Franz Carl Weber toy chain alone was left with 1.5 million unsold products, as CEO Roger Bühler told “NZZ am Sonntag”. Loss of sales should amount to 2.4 million francs. Other chain stores felt the same. Overall, the 2020 Christmas business is five to 10 percent below the previous year’s figure, as an estimate by Martin Brown, a finance professor at the University of St. Gallen, shows. In January there is likely to be a discount battle between stores that have to get rid of too many purchased products.
