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Swiss plan new Covid restrictions

Headlines 16:57 01 Dec, 2021

The Swiss government is planning new Covid restrictions, including requiring vaccine certificates for all gatherings of 10 or more people

Swiss plan new Covid restrictions

The Swiss government is planning new Covid restrictions, including requiring vaccine certificates for all gatherings of 10 or more people, Qazet.az reports citing BBC.

Other measures could include mandatory masks in all indoor public spaces, reducing negative test validity to 24 hours, and possible work from home orders for the unvaccinated, the government says following an emergency meeting.

The aim is to get through the winter without lockdowns, but ICU units are filling up, with more than 100 hospitalisations each day over the past week.

The number of new cases has increased by 86,000 since 15 November, with the daily number of infections similar to peak levels during October and November 2020.

Two cases of Omicron have been confirmed in Switzerland.