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At the specialist-level press conference, Virginie Masserey (Head of the Infection Control Section), Linda Nartey (Doctor of the Canton of Bern), Matthias Remund (Director of the Federal Office for Sports), Martin Ackermann (President of the National Scientific Working Group COVID-19) and Oliver Schärli (Head of the Labor Market Department) / Unemployment Insurance, not in the photo). Image: keystone
Was the federal crown PK lost? Those were the 5 most important statements
Federal experts reported on the current coronavirus situation on Friday afternoon. We have summarized the 5 most important statements.
“Expect hospital capabilities to be exceeded”
Martin Ackermann, chairman of the federal Covid-19 scientific working group, expects the capacities of hospitals to be exceeded in the coming weeks. “The better we behave now, the shorter this overload will be.”
If the trend is not broken, the capacity of the hospitals will be exhausted, Ackermann told the Bundeshaus media on Friday. Non-emergency interventions are already being greatly reduced in several places. “This is a massive intervention in our health system.” For example, patients with tumors would have to wait for their operation.
“The better we behave now, the shorter this overload will be.” Image: keystone
“Unfortunately, the situation has developed last week as we expected in the forecasts,” said Ackermann. The decisive change, however, is that action has been taken at the national level. “They will have an effect.” However, this can only be measured significantly in 15 days.
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Ackermann also made clear that more closures may be necessary at the federal level. Ackermann noted that many of the measures are long-term. If you must loosen, it should be done very slowly and not suddenly.
Ackermann faced many critical questions from the journalists present. For example, he was asked why experts from the canton of Zurich would make less dramatic forecasts than the working group. Ackermann responded: “The figures we present reflect reality. The growth is exponential. We can assess the situation quite well through our experience. “
“Rapid tests will be available from Monday”
Corona rapid tests will be available starting Monday in pharmacies and doctor’s offices. The test is free and the results are available in 15 minutes, as Virginie Masserey, head of the Infection Control Section at the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), explained Friday in Point de Presse.
Test results will automatically be transmitted to FOPH. Rapid tests are recommended for people with symptoms for less than four days, but not for risk groups.
According to Masserey, BAG has also started a new self-assessment campaign. Image: keystone
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“Stress is also increasing in medical practices”
The situation in the health system is increasingly tense. “We are in danger of reaching the limit of our capacity,” Bern Canton doctor Linda Nartey, a board member of the Cantonal Medical Association, told the media on Friday.
It is becoming increasingly time-consuming to treat Covid patients separately from other sick people in medical consultations. Also, health workers get sick, who are then absent from treatment. This means that ensuring medical treatment, both outpatient and inpatient, is becoming increasingly difficult.
“We threaten to reach the limit of our capacity” Image: keystone
“Mental health facilities will be under pressure”
According to Ackermann, not only emergency medicine but also psychiatry is reaching its limits in the current crown situation. “We hope that psychiatric care institutions are under pressure.”
Ackermann said he now needs “forward thinking care planning.” For example, it is important to think about financing rehabilitation. “Many Covid patients will need rehabilitation therapy.” In addition, it is advisable to involve family doctors more in the deliberations of the authorities.
Ackermann also noted that many emergency patients stayed home for fear of infection. This experience was seen in the spring during the first wave.
“Sport should also help contain the virus”
According to Matthias Remund, director of the Federal Office for Sport (Baspo), sport must also contribute to containing the corona virus. The restrictions at the federal level are strong, but it is still possible to move.
Remund mentioned in front of the Bundeshaus media on Friday that children and young people under the age of 16 in particular were not affected by the measures. «You have no restrictions, neither inside nor outside. Only competitions and game afternoons are prohibited.
“In fact, massive sporting events are not possible, they are not expressly prohibited.” Image: keystone
Adults can move too. Remund listed hiking, jogging, and cross-country skiing. Non-contact sports and according to small group sizes are allowed indoors. Those who practice gymnastics, yoga or Pilates must wear a mask. In principle, sports facilities should remain open. (sda / bal)
