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The situation of the crown in Switzerland is precarious. The number of cases is on the rise again, and hospitals and healthcare workers are sounding the alarm: Hospital and employee overload is imminent. The federal scientific task force is calling for another shutdown.
The Federal Council is expected to take further action on Friday, as the “Tagesanzeiger” reported on Thursday. The Federal Council had already threatened a lockdown since December 18 last week, but Health Minister Alain Berset and GDK Director Lukas Engelberger emphasized on Monday that there was still no talk of a lockdown. A secret document with three Berset action plans also showed: The Federal Council actually wanted to wait until after Christmas to have new measures in place. Depending on the situation, the plans should mean a tightening of the measures; a lock is also possible. Berset should also tend towards a slowdown rather than a lockdown. He wants to leave the schools open.
The pressure from the cantons is increasing
The precarious situation is not only increasing the pressure on the health system. The cantons of German-speaking Switzerland are also joining the demands for more drastic measures, as shown by the cantons’ responses to Berset’s three packages of measures. Therefore, the closure of restaurants, leisure and sports centers as of next weekend is increasingly likely.
The Zurich government on Wednesday demanded that Switzerland’s ski areas be closed. This is because hospitals would be more affected by sports accidents. The canton of Thurgau also wants tougher measures. Immediate action from the canton of Aargau is also required. This advocates a variant of medium or maximum fit, that is, a lock with the closing of stores.
Earlier in the week, the Bern government came out in favor of closing the restaurants. If the Federal Council does not act, the Canton of Bern will act itself. The same picture can be seen in the canton of Solothurn: “We need stricter measures,” Solothurn Health Director Susanne Schaffner told the “Aargauer Zeitung.” Also in this case the authorities want to take more drastic measures if the Federal Council does not do so.
St. Gallen wants to bring back emergency law
In the Basel area, people want “the federal government to quickly issue uniform and clear regulations that apply beyond the holidays.” In the neighboring canton, however, there are already stricter measures: the canton of Basel-Stadt extended the partial closure on Tuesday and restaurants will remain closed until mid-January. Meanwhile, in the canton of Schaffhausen, children are sent to the Christmas holidays on Monday. Therefore, crown infections must be kept low.
Meanwhile, the St. Gallen government demands that the Federal Council proclaim the extraordinary situation, as it did in March, and return to rule under the emergency law. This is if one of Berset’s packages of measures goes into effect.
Francophone Switzerland against the measures
Meanwhile, skepticism is mounting in French-speaking Switzerland. Here, the number of cases was already reduced with strict measures in November. “All cantons in western Switzerland are rejecting a national tightening this Friday,” Laurent Kurth, president of the health directors in western Switzerland, told the “NZZ”.
Unlike the rest of Switzerland, restaurants in western Switzerland can currently be open until 11 pm because the number of cases is comparatively low. However, the situation remains tense, as Health Minister Berset said during a visit to a hospital in Neuchâtel. The situation in French-speaking Switzerland is unstable and worrying.
Widmer-Schlumpf wants clarity from the Federal Council
Former Federal Councilor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf also spoke in favor of the blockade of “Blick”: “Countries like Norway have made a short and hard blockade. They could start over quickly. According to local businessmen, this has been proven, ”said the Graubünden native. “It is better to take a harsh and temporary measure than to maintain great uncertainty for a long period of time. I wonder why they didn’t close as much as possible in October or November, like in French-speaking Switzerland. “
She expects clear and clear statements from the Federal Council: “Uncertainty creates uncertainty. This creates a state of mind in which people are less and less willing to restrict themselves further. Now restrictions are required for everyone, otherwise the situation will get worse. “
