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• 6:48

  Federal Data Protection Officer: Vaccination regulations are a state responsibility

  According to Federal Data Protection Officer Adrian Lobsiger, fighting epidemics is the responsibility of the state and not of individuals. Companies must implement policy guidelines and safety concepts for vaccination regulations, Lobsiger said in an interview with the daily “Blick” (Monday edition).

  If the legislator says that no one can get on a plane or restaurant without a vaccination card, it is a political decision. Individuals, on the other hand, cannot introduce a systematic obligation to carry mobile phones or digital vaccination cards. For example, it would violate data protection law if a host only allowed vaccinated guests into the restaurant.

  Therefore, it is important to draw up rules in this regard now. There is still some time until vaccination is carried out on a broad front. The federal government must use this. Because if the state does nothing, private companies could establish very different regulations.

• 6:47

  The most important of the previous afternoon and the night

  • The current president of the United States signed a stimulus package from the crown that had been approved by Congress with a bipartisan majority. Trump initially threatened to veto the legislative package.
  • After a further increase in the number of infections, a third partial shutdown began in Israel on Sunday. The restrictions should initially last two weeks, but an extension of several weeks is expected.
  • In Switzerland, the new variant of the South African virus was detected for the first time in two samples. According to the Federal Office of Public Health, one of the two people who tested positive is in the canton of Schwyz.

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