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Vaccination only next year
Virginie masserey Image: keystone
The population of Switzerland will have to wait a while to receive a vaccine. “We will do it as soon as possible, but there will probably only be one vaccine in the first half of 2021,” said Virginie Masserey, head of the infection control section at the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
In anticipation of a vaccine, the cantons are solving specific questions about logistics, dispensing and distribution.
Case numbers are halved every two weeks
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Martin Ackermann, chairman of the federal scientific working group Covid, sees Switzerland on the right track to contain the coronavirus. At the moment, the number of cases has been cut in half every two weeks. The value of R is currently 0.78. That means: 100 infected people are currently infecting 78 people.
“The objective of the first stage has been reached,” Ackermann told the Bundeshaus media on Tuesday. It’s great how many people contribute. If development continues like this, much will be achieved: “We have more air, contact tracing capabilities, in hospitals, but also for companies are greater.”
French-speaking Switzerland currently has the fewest views. Ackermann explains it with the strict measures that have been in place for weeks in the French-speaking cantons.
Hospitals are still widely used
According to Masserey, the occupancy of beds in Swiss intensive care units has stabilized. The situation remains tense.
For a week, around 530 Covid patients in Switzerland required intensive care, Masserey said Tuesday in front of the Bundeshaus media. “Hospitals are still used a lot.”
The number of cases is stable or declining. The 14-day incidence remains high, 740 per 100,000 population. “In relation to the number of cases, the number of deaths is quite low in our country compared to other countries,” Masserey said. This shows that the quality of care is very good.
Contact tracking is running again, but …
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The gears are working again, said Rudolf Hauri, Zug cantonal doctor and president of the Cantonal Doctors Association. This meant contact tracing, which had stalled in recent weeks due to the high number of cases.
Looking ahead to the upcoming holiday season, the canton’s senior doctor was concerned about discipline. “In general, we find that awareness of uncompromising compliance with measures needs to be raised,” he explained. “Thanks to contact tracing we know that there are good protection concepts in many companies, but that workers are infected during breaks or lunch.”
Furthermore, very little is tested. The still high positivity rate allows us to conclude that not all cases are discovered at this time.
The situation in homes is worrying
There are troubling situations in nursing homes, Masserey said. She is particularly sensitive to the high number of deaths that have been reported in recent weeks. Steps have been taken to ensure that the virus does not spread in homes. Staff should always monitor their own health and that of residents. You need to get tested as soon as you have symptoms.
(cma / hour / sda)
