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 About 40 potential vaccines for the Zika virus are being tested, but none are likely to be available for women of childbearing age before 2020, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170202/who-no-zika-vaccine-before-2020 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 09:51:13 +0100 who-no-zika-vaccine-before-2020 Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said on Monday that US regulators had issued emergency authorization to use its not-yet-approved diagnostic test for detecting the Zika virus in certain ircumstances. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160829/swiss-companys-zika-test-to-be-used-in-us Mon, 29 Aug 2016 13:44:48 +0200 swiss-companys-zika-test-to-be-used-in-us 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 Switzerland’s health authorities have registered 28 cases of the birth-defect causing Zika virus since the start of the year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160726/confirmed-cases-of-zika-virus-soar-in-switzerland Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:11:13 +0200 confirmed-cases-of-zika-virus-soar-in-switzerland 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 The Geneva-based World Health Organization on Wednesday released its initial response plan to the Zika virus outbreak, launching a funding appeal for the $56 million operation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160217/who-releases-initial-zika-response-plan Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:11:17 +0100 who-releases-initial-zika-response-plan Large-scale trials for Zika virus vaccines are at least 18 months away, while establishing a possible link between the virus and two more harmful conditions will likely only take weeks, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160212/zika-virus-vaccines-at-least-18-months-away Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:50:20 +0100 zika-virus-vaccines-at-least-18-months-away The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it had created a global unit to respond to the Zika virus, voicing fears the disease blamed for a surge in birth defects in South America could spread across Africa and Asia. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160202/who-responds-to-zika-virus-with-global-unit Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:02:05 +0100 who-responds-to-zika-virus-with-global-unit The Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas and the region may see up to four million cases of the disease strongly suspected of causing birth defects, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160128/zika-virus-spreading-explosively-who Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:36:56 +0100 zika-virus-spreading-explosively-who