THE Switzerland will remove from next Friday, April 1st the last of the remaining ones its restrictions on Covid-19 the government announced today, as the country seeks a normality with the existence of the virus.
THE obligation to use the mask on public transport and in health facilitiesAs well as self-isolation requirement for five days after a positive test will be abolishedthe government announced.
The responsibility for curbing the virus will be vested in the local authorities, he added, with an increased vigilance phase planned for the next 12 months.
“Thanks to the high level of immunization of the population, there has been no significant increase in the number of patients with Covid-19 in intensive care units in recent weeks, although the number of infections has increased again over the same period,” the government said in a statement.
“There is a small level of threat to public health in the coming months. However, the course of the Covid-19 pandemic can not be estimated reliably. “
The coronavirus is unlikely to disappear, the government said, but it will become endemic with seasonal waves of the virus likely in the future.
THE The government stressed that it will also temporarily disable the Swiss electronic application Covid-19 (Swiss COVID app)which identifies people who have been in close contact with others who have been infected with the virus.
The number of infections in the country remains high in recent days, with more than 16,462 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, although only 165 people needed hospital treatment.
After a slow start, 69% of the country’s 8.6 million inhabitants are fully vaccinated.
So far, 3.48 million people – or 41% of the country’s population – have been infected with the disease, while 13,060 people have died.
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