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 After a marked decline in infections throughout most of June, the number of coronavirus cases in Switzerland has been soaring in the past three weeks. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210716/how-switzerlands-covid-rates-are-rising-once-again Fri, 16 Jul 2021 18:53:15 +0200 how-switzerlands-covid-rates-are-rising-once-again The European Commission authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Friday, following the European Medicines Agency's approval of administering the jabs to adolescents earlier in the day. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210529/eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 Sat, 29 May 2021 21:05:57 +0200 eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 While other Swiss cantons are still prioritising older adults and people with high-risk medical conditions, Vaud has become the first Swiss canton to open up its inoculation programme to everyone over 18, regardless of their health status. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210427/covid-19-vaccines-in-switzerland-vaud-first-canton-to-open-vaccines-to-general-public Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:14:10 +0200 covid-19-vaccines-in-switzerland-vaud-first-canton-to-open-vaccines-to-general-public A first case of the Covid-19 variant contributing to the exploding outbreak in India has been detected in Switzerland, the public health authority said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210424/india-covid-variant-found-in-switzerland-health-authority Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:10:32 +0200 india-covid-variant-found-in-switzerland-health-authority With deliveries of millions of vaccines planned from April on, Switzerland’s largest cities are ramping up their infrastructure allowing them to inoculate thousands of people each day. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210407/explained-how-switzerland-is-speeding-up-its-vaccination-programme Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:33:52 +0200 explained-how-switzerland-is-speeding-up-its-vaccination-programme Europe's stuttering vaccine rollout faced multiple hurdles on Friday as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of the Johnson & Johnson shot and France further limited its use of the AstraZeneca jab. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210410/europes-vaccine-woes-deepen-as-regulator-probes-another-jab-over-blood-clot-concerns Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:32:26 +0200 europes-vaccine-woes-deepen-as-regulator-probes-another-jab-over-blood-clot-concerns The weekly report released by Swiss health authorities on Thursday shows that the number of cases has dropped slightly but there have been more Covid-related deaths. Infections are now far more common among younger people. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210409/covid-spreading-among-switzerlands-youth-as-vaccination-impacts-become-clearer Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:16:05 +0200 covid-spreading-among-switzerlands-youth-as-vaccination-impacts-become-clearer The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" and said it was prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:58:27 +0200 europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Swiss authorities indicated that lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in the summer is a possibility, with all measures dropped by August. This is how it could be done. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210326/switzerland-announces-timeline-to-end-all-covid-restrictions Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:13:49 +0100 switzerland-announces-timeline-to-end-all-covid-restrictions The European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded on Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was a "safe and effective" tool in the battle against Covid-19 but its investigation could not rule out whether the jab had caused rare cases of blood clotting. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210318/breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:16:51 +0100 breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes US authorities have given emergency authorization to Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche for an Ebola test that can take as little as three hours, the company said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141229/roche-gets-go-ahead-for-ebola-dectection-test Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:05:00 +0100 roche-gets-go-ahead-for-ebola-dectection-test Ebola vaccine trials are set to start in Switzerland this week after receiving the green light from the country's authorities, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141028/ebola-vaccine-trials-set-to-start-this-week Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:32:00 +0100 ebola-vaccine-trials-set-to-start-this-week Clinical trials of two experimental vaccines against the deadly Ebola virus are due to begin soon in Switzerland, the country's Tropical and Public Health Institute said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140919/switzerland-set-for-ebola-vaccine-trials Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:52:00 +0200 switzerland-set-for-ebola-vaccine-trials