https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Lausanne’s world-renowned CHUV hospital has launched a global Zika register in order to keep track of women exposed to the virus and better understand how it affects pregnancy. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160816/swiss-hospital-starts-global-zika-register Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:54:14 +0200 swiss-hospital-starts-global-zika-register People who travel to Zika-hit areas should practise safe sex or have no sex at all for at least eight weeks after their return to avoid sexual transmission of the virus, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160531/who-doubles-safe-sex-advice-for-travellers-to-zika-regions Tue, 31 May 2016 18:43:15 +0200 who-doubles-safe-sex-advice-for-travellers-to-zika-regions The spiralling crisis surrounding the Zika virus is due to decades of policy failures on mosquito control and poor access to family planning services, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160524/who-slams-policy-failures-for-sparking-zika-crisis Tue, 24 May 2016 10:33:37 +0200 who-slams-policy-failures-for-sparking-zika-crisis Switzerland has 16 confirmed cases of the Zika virus but the actual number could be far higher, health officials have said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160510/zika-cases-on-the-rise-in-switzerland Tue, 10 May 2016 11:51:21 +0200 zika-cases-on-the-rise-in-switzerland