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Meetings at home or in a restaurant should be more restricted. With this hardening, Health Minister Alain Berset wants to save the holidays.
In Restaurants dürftfour people per table of a maximum of two households sitting: Christmas Island at the Bauschänzli in Zurich.
Photo: Alexandra Wey (Keystone)
Federal rules for private gatherings and restaurant visits will be tightened again until shortly before Christmas. TO HAuse should still gather up to 10 people, but now only from a maximum of two different households. In restaurants there should be four people per table, but now only a maximum of two households. These rules must apply until December 23 inclusive.
Health Minister Alain Berset sent these new restrictions to the cantons for comment on Monday.. The corresponding draft ordinance is available to this newspaper. The Federal Council should decide on Friday. the Model for the Mini collectivewhatGermany appears to be guaranteed: only people from two households can meet there, but the upper limit is set at five people.
Prevent the number of cases from increasing again
In Switzerland, the measure serves to limit contacts with a higher risk of corona infections before the holidays. This should allow family Christmas celebrations to be more carefree and prevent the number of cases from rising again in the weeks after. Because the restrictions expire on December 23, holidays can be celebrated with up to 10 people from multiple households.
Berset is only planning relief for New Year’s Eve, but wants to turn off the lights shortly after the turn of the year. While there is currently a nationwide police hour at 11 p.m., the Federal Council wants to allow catering establishments to stay open until 1 a.m. on New Years.
Casimir Platzer, President of Gastrosuisse, appreciate this suggestion. That is to say «at least a little sign» sincesof the Federal Council. the 2On the other hand, consider that the budget rule, as well as any additional adjustments, is “incomprehensible”. The situation in the industry is dramatic. In addition, protection concepts in the hotel industry have proven their effectiveness and the number of cases “would drop dramatically.”.
Delicate situation
However, the trend in the number of cases is no longer so clear. Still go you back, But the decline has slowed. RE.as it has mainly to do with the situation in German-speaking Switzerland. Unlike in western Switzerland, the number of cases is stagnating or even increasing again in the various cantons.
This can also be seen in the most recent R-value, which ETH Zurich published on Monday. The R value indicates the average number of people infected by one infected person.. Lit is reit is value more than 1, the number of cases is increasing again. For all of Switzerland, the value is currently just below 1, In several German-speaking cantons including dfinished. The R value can only be estimated with a time interval. The reflects the situation in Switzerland vin vor about 10 days.
