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The Society for Emergency and Rescue Medicine is confident that a third corona wave will hit Switzerland in late January / early February. The only question is how strong it will be.
The height of the third wave will depend on how people behave at upcoming “social parties,” Aristomenis Exadaktylos, co-chairman and board member of the Swiss Society of Emergency and Rescue Medicine (SGNOR), told the Keystone news agency. -SDA on Saturday.
Therefore, SGNOR asks the population to adhere to federal regulations and, above all, to minimize contacts during the holidays. Otherwise, there is a risk of a collapse in emergency rooms, bed rooms and especially intensive care rooms in hospitals in the coming weeks, according to a press release on Saturday.
“Kantonales-Pingpong virus”
“The situation is serious, even very serious,” Exadaktylos is quoted on behalf of the SGNOR board of directors in the message. He complained to Keystone-SDA about the “inhomogeneity” of the anti-crown measures. “This allows the virus to spread constantly.” Tomorrow I could hit the Valais again.
There should be homogeneous rules that are uniform throughout the country. “Otherwise, we only play cantonal virus ping-pong.”
With the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, SGNOR fears that the capacity for care of regular non-Covid emergency patients will collapse, especially if hospitals are still overcrowded. After about a third fewer patients arrived in emergency rooms in the spring than before the pandemic, “normal status has been reached,” Exadaktylos said.
