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As of today, all corona restrictions are lifted. With the end of the special situation, the BAG now only publishes the corona numbers weekly – on Tuesdays.
With the end of the special situation and the corona restrictions, the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH has also adjusted the publication of the number of cases.
Tamedia AG
In the future, the key figures will only appear once a week, on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m.
Federal Office of Public Health
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As of today, the special situation and thus all corona measures are lifted.
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That is why the BAG is now publishing the corona key figures much less frequently.
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They will appear once a week again in the future, on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m.
For the first time in two years, Switzerland returned to normal on April 1st. The last measures The special situation in the Covid 19 Ordinance has now been lifted, as the Federal Council announced after its meeting on Wednesday. Both the obligation to isolate infected people and the obligation to wear a mask in public transport and in health facilities are no longer applicable. In addition, the SwissCovid app will be temporarily deactivated.
With the lifting of the special situation, the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH is also changing its information rhythm: instead of daily, the corona key figures will only appear once a week from next Monday, on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. Accordingly, 20 minutes will also publish an update on the number of cases on Tuesdays.
First case in Switzerland on February 24, 2020
A brief look back: the first federal corona data dates back to February 24, 2020. Back then, Switzerland had theirs first confirmed coronavirus case: a 70-year-old from Ticino, who had previously attended a gathering in Milan, tested positive. “We expected such a first case,” commented Daniel Koch, then head of communicable diseases at the BAG.
Since then, the BAG has registered almost 3.5 million corona cases over the entire period. A good 50,000 people had to go to hospital and over 13,000 people died with a proven SARS-CoV-2 infection.
At the latest with the Distribution of the omicron variant of the corona virus, hospital admissions decreased. Mainly because of this change, the Federal Council ultimately made the decision to initially scale back the corona measures and then to lift them entirely.
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