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Ready to party, finish dancing, finish singing: the Federal Council bans large private parties, paralyzes club life, closes all discos. Professional footballers have to go back to playing in front of empty stands, amateur footballers can no longer train and choir rehearsals are also prohibited. The Federal Council has decided on a whole series of measures that restrict our daily life – for how long it is open. “We are aware that these measures are difficult,” said Health Minister Alain Berset. “But they are necessary.” The number of infections is rising dramatically, the Federal Office of Public Health reported 8,616 cases on Wednesday, another record.
Decisions at a glance:
1. Only 50 people in events
For events such as concerts, sporting events, or religious services, the following applies: A maximum of 50 guests is allowed. Staff, helpers, athletes or performing artists are not included. The upper limit does not apply to parliaments or municipal assemblies. Every second seat must be vacated in theaters and cinemas. Markets and trade fairs are completely prohibited indoors, but not outdoors.
2. For private use: a maximum of 10 people
No more than ten people (children and adults) are allowed in events that take place in private rooms. For celebrations such as weddings or birthdays, the upper limit of 50 people applies if these events take place in clearly defined public facilities such as restaurants, hotels, or churches. The 50-person limit also applies to funerals.
3. Fitness and sport: what is still allowed and what is no longer allowed
In the professional field, for example, matches are allowed, the number of assistants and athletes can exceed 50. The number of spectators is limited to 50. Stricter rules apply in the amateur area: Sports with physical contact such as football , Hockey, basketball, dance or martial arts are no longer allowed for people over 16 years of age. Training in other sports is allowed, but no more than 15 participants are allowed.
You must wear a mask and keep your distance indoors. You can exercise outside by keeping your distance or wearing a mask. It is possible to jog or ski individually without a mask (except in very crowded places). There are no restrictions on sports training for children and adolescents under 16 years of age. It is not necessary to wear masks in large, airy rooms, such as tennis courts. Pools and gyms may remain open. However, a mask is mandatory in gyms and distance must be maintained.
4. Choir rehearsals are prohibited, metal music is possible
Restrictions also apply to music or theater clubs. Professional choirs can rehearse, but not give concerts. Amateur choirs can’t even rehearse. Making music indoors is allowed, but the upper limit of 15 people applies. Keep your distance, it is mandatory to wear a mask. In large rooms, the mask can be dispensed with if there is sufficient distance so that wind instrument tests are possible. If the clubs give concerts, the maximum limit of 50 people applies; occasions need a concept of protection.
5. curfew for restaurants
Discos and dance halls are closed. Restaurants and bars can remain open, but must close from 11 pm to 6 am Consumption is only allowed sitting down. A mask is required on the way to the seat or to the bathroom. A maximum of four people can sit at a table; families with their children are excluded. Even in the compulsory school canteens, more than four children can sit at the table.
6. Mask also in pedestrian areas.
Now a mask must also be worn outdoors in certain places. Despite the resistance of several cantons, the Federal Council has decided to expand it. Specifically, the masks are to be worn in “busy pedestrian areas of urban centers and town centers.” As soon as there is a build-up in public space, for example on a good day in a park, a mask should also be worn if the distance of one and a half meters cannot be maintained.
The mask requirement also applies in the outdoor areas of shops, restaurants, and event venues, as well as weekly markets. A mask should also be worn in the workplace if distance cannot be maintained. The following also applies: Gatherings of more than 15 people in public spaces are prohibited.
7. That changes for pupils, students and teachers.
In grammar schools, vocational schools and other upper secondary schools, pupils and teachers must now wear a mask. The exceptions are situations “where wearing a mask makes teaching very difficult,” writes the federal government. All universities and other colleges must switch to distance education starting Monday. The federal government does not establish any requirements for compulsory schooling; the cantons are responsible for this.
8. The Federal Council does not want new support measures.
Economy Minister Guy Parmelin announced new aid measures on Wednesday in just two points: in the future, employees on call (and with permanent contracts) will also receive short-time subsidies. This applies retrospectively from September. Next Wednesday, the Federal Council also wants to discuss a solution for difficult cases, as imposed by parliament. The law is scheduled to take effect in January. Otherwise, according to Parmelin, there are no new measures. The Minister of Economy said: The aids that have been in force since spring, such as short-time allowances and allowances for the self-employed and people in an employer position, are currently sufficient.
9. Cantons can be stricter
The measures decided by the Federal Council are applied in all the cantons. No canton is allowed to adopt more flexible rules. However, the cantons can take tougher measures. This is already the case in several cantons.
10. After all, there is no lock
Painful, but better than a confinement: that was the tenor of many reactions. From the SP to the SVP, the parties expressed their support. At the same time, there was a call for financial support: the employers’ association, for example, insists that the regulation of economic hardship must now be implemented as quickly as possible.
11. Adjusted quarantine list
Since the summer, people entering from certain countries have had to be quarantined for ten days. So far, the federal government has basically put every state on the risk list that had more than 60 infections per 100,000 residents in the past 14 days. Switzerland has now clearly exceeded this value. Specifically, this means: So far, people who came from countries that have had fewer infections than Switzerland have had to be quarantined.
The Federal Council is now changing that: countries are now on the list whose incidence is more than 60 higher than that of Switzerland. This narrows the list from more than 60 countries to just four: Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, and the Czech Republic, as well as three areas in France, including Paris. This is not a call to travel again, Berset emphasized: At the moment it is important to limit contacts, as well as travel.
