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Despite a resinous start, Berset talks about a success story: so vaccination should finally be accelerated from April
Health Minister Alain Berset has received much criticism for the federal council’s vaccination strategy. However, he calls it successful. By the end of July, an additional 8 million doses will arrive, enough to fully immunize about three-quarters of the adult population.
No, Switzerland is not the world champion in vaccination. About 7 percent of the adult population is currently fully vaccinated against Corona. About 44 percent of residents rate the vaccination campaign as too slow, according to a survey by the Sotomo research institute.
Yes, the epidemiological situation is getting worse, the number of new infections is increasing and immediate relief is not in sight. It is not surprising that the mood of the population has reached new lows in the polls.
Switzerland need not shy away from international comparisons
With this in mind, the authorities set out on Thursday to inject confidence into the people: Health Minister Alain Berset, Economy Minister Guy Parmelin, Vaudois Government Counselor and Vice President of the Cantonal Conference of Health Directors , Rebecca Ruiz, as well as representatives. from the Federal Office of Public Health and the vaccine manufacturer Pfizer / Biontech and Moderna presented the Swiss vaccination strategy as a success story.
They spoke positively about the Swiss vaccination strategy: Vaudois government adviser Rebecca Ruiz, federal advisers Alain Berset and Guy Parmelin, Sabine Bruckner, CEO of Pfizer Switzerland, and Dan Staner, vice president and European director of Moderna (right-wing to the left) .
No, Switzerland need not shy away from international vaccine comparison. Yes, our country relied on adequate and efficient vaccines. And if things move quickly now, we could soon get our lives back from the corona pandemic, so get the message. In fact, the vaccination rate is expected to increase soon.
From April to the end of July, Alain Berset was delighted, Switzerland will receive 8.1 million new doses of vaccines from Pfizer / Biontech and Moderna. With the doses already delivered, around 10.5 million doses of vaccines from these two manufacturers will be available by the summer. This allowed a good 5 million people to be fully vaccinated.
By the end of June, everyone who wanted to get vaccinated should have had their turn.
The vaccination campaign will really accelerate from April, when the largest numbers arrive. Health Minister Berset still believes that all those willing to get vaccinated may have received a needle or two at the end of June. Achieving this goal also depends on the willingness to vaccinate. In short: the fewer people who are pricked, the sooner everyone who wants to be vaccinated will have their turn by the end of June.
Under a federal scenario, this could be the case as early as the second half of June if 50 percent of the no-risk group were ready to vaccinate. If the willingness to vaccinate rises to 75 percent, we would reach that point in mid-July. The federal government expects 75 percent of the risk group to be vaccinated. If the Astrazeneca vaccine were approved, the vaccination rate would accelerate.
The Federal Council’s goals are clear: it wants as many of the 7 million adult residents as possible to be immunized. And that vaccines are advancing rapidly so that the country can finally get rid of the blockade measures. Berset also put relaxation in sight: once the risk group has been vaccinated and the vaccination campaign among the general population, the restrictions must be gradually lifted, if an excessive third wave does not destroy the progress of vaccination.
The federal government expects a wave of the disease among unvaccinated people
Berset repeated what he had suggested last week: Once everyone who wants to get vaccinated has been vaccinated, the restrictions can hardly be justified. Dining at the restaurant, attending a concert, hosting a football game, the legal barbecue with any number of guests – all of that would be possible again. For certain events it becomes clear that in addition to the admission ticket, you have to get the vaccination certificate, also to fly. Currently, a small majority of the population considers a special regimen for vaccinated people inadmissible.
However, the end of the vaccination campaign does not mean the end of the pandemic. The Federal Council expects a wave of disease among those who do not want to be vaccinated as soon as all measures are relaxed. This is clear from a document that the Federal Council sent to the cantons before the last opening step, the repeal of the rule of five. The coronavirus will continue to circulate even with a high vaccination rate and will cause a substantial number of illnesses and deaths in those who are not vaccinated. The more people in risk groups forgo vaccination, the greater the burden on hospitals.
Compared to “NZZ am Sonntag,” Geneva physician and epidemiologist Didier Pittet said that due to the more contagious mutated variant, an 80 percent vaccination rate would be needed to rid the soil of the virus. In its scenarios, the federal government estimates a maximum vaccination readiness of 75 percent. This figure also seems optimistic.
According to the Sotomo survey, currently only 44 percent of the population want to be vaccinated unconditionally. 20 percent would not do this under any circumstances. At 48 percent, skepticism about vaccination is most widespread among SVP supporters.
