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Just take a look at the data graph. Consequently, the curve of confirmed daily cases of infection has already started for the third wave. The Federal Council’s goal was to reduce the number of new cases per day to around 500 new infections by the end of the year. Instead, the numbers are rising again. There were 5136 new infections on Friday.
The last time Switzerland had so many cases was in mid-November. But then the trend was downward, with a replay value of 0.75. This value is now above 1. With a current replication value of 1.07, this means an exponential growth of the epidemic.
Federal Councilor Alain Berset (48) recently indicated a possible third wave. Announcing new measures on December 4, Berset said: “We want to prevent the second wave from developing further or a third wave from coming.”
“Further reduce the number of contacts”
If a third wave develops, it starts at a much higher level than the first two waves. The Federal Council’s goal is to break a possible third wave in approach by minimizing person-to-person contacts. The exceptions will be Christmas Eve on December 24 and New Years Eve on December 31. The 7pm curfew, which is applied in many places, has been lifted, but no more than two households are allowed to meet.
“With the cold weather, people spend more time indoors and the number of private contacts increases during the holidays,” the Federal Council said in a statement on Friday. The main objective of the measures is “to further reduce the number of contacts”.
Holidays decide
It is careless contacts that epidemiologists consider responsible for the outbreak of the second wave. This began to develop after the end of the summer vacation, when people returned from vacation and considered that Corona was over.
In the US, Thanksgiving is considered to be the tipping point when the number of cases began to rise dramatically again. Families travel and gather for Thanksgiving. That was on November 26. Meanwhile, the country has reached a “tragic milestone,” as US President-designate Joe Biden put it: a new record of more than 3,000 deaths per crown in one day.
Converted into population, the number of Swiss infections is not much lower than in the US The holidays will decide whether there will be a third wave in Switzerland or not. (kes)
