New daily life for the Swiss: The country removes almost all measures for the coronavirus

The daily life of the citizens in Switzerland, as the country will lift almost all restrictions on the pandemic. As the government announced today, the fears that the increase in the cases fueled by the Omicron variant can put a lot of pressure on the health system.

The government announced that only the obligation to use a mask on public transport and health infrastructure will remain in force after the changes, which will be implemented from tomorrow, Thursday.

Mandatory stay in a five-day quarantine for those who tested positive for coronavirus It will also remain in place until the end of March, according to the government, to protect particularly vulnerable groups.

However, shops, restaurants and cultural sites will be freely accessible, according to the announcement, with the government taking the measures it announced two weeks ago when it ended quarantine for those who came in contact with a case and turned the directive into a recommendation. for teleworking.

“The epidemiological situation continues to develop positively,” the government said in a statement. “Thanks to the high level of immunity in the population, it is unlikely that the health system will be overloaded despite the high rate of virus circulation.”

“So,” according to the government, “there are conditions for a rapid normalization of social and economic life.”

More than 90% of Switzerland’s 8.6 million people have been protected against the virus, either because they have recovered from COVID-19 or because they have vaccinatedaccording to officials, as broadcast by international agencies and the Athenian News Agency.

Despite the fact that tens of thousands of new cases are recorded every day, the health system has endured and the coverage rate in intensive care units has decreased.

More than 2.6 million cases have been reported in Switzerland and neighboring Liechtenstein since the beginning of the crisis. About 12,600 people have died from complications of the disease.

Source: News Beast

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