The Local Switzerland 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 Volleyball player from Sierra Leone 'missing' in Switzerland The Sierra Leone Volleyball Association announced on Wednesday that one of its two athletes at the Under 21 Beach Volleyball World Championship in Switzerland has "gone missing". https://www.thelocal.ch/20160519/volleyball-player-from-sierra-leone-missing-in-switzerland Thu, 19 May 2016 10:37:14 +0200 volleyball-player-from-sierra-leone-missing-in-switzerland Geneva doctors dress for battle with Ebola virus Sweating behind fogged-up goggles, Thanh Dang meticulously follows each instruction as she peals away layers of protective clothing, stopping repeatedly to wash her double-gloved hands in chlorine disinfectant. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141030/geneva-doctors-don-battle-dress-for-ebola-fight Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:49:00 +0100 geneva-doctors-don-battle-dress-for-ebola-fight Swiss study calls for five-day Ebola quarantine Three-day quarantines are not enough to net all Ebola cases in a given area, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) said this week after using genetic sequencing to map the early spread of the virus in Sierra Leone. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141009/swiss-study-calls-for-five-day-ebola-quarantine Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:49:00 +0200 swiss-study-calls-for-five-day-ebola-quarantine