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Mainly trade stuff. Journalist. WTO Secretariat 1996-2015. Usual disclaimers on RT etc. Member: https://t.co/rT8p25bU4a https://t.co/uEajzJ5YfZ @coppetainpu.bsky.social

May 8, 2021, 10 tweets

COVID-19 IN SWITZERLAND. Week to 08.05.2021—slight improvement

Last easing Apr 19

Per 100K pop, total & last 2 wks
● cases—7757 & 267 (⬆️)
● in hospital—321 & 8 (⬇️)
● deaths—117 & 1.2 (⬆️)

R(e): down—0.85
Vaccinations: 3m (1m 2nd doses)

FOPH covid19.admin.ch/en/overview?ov…

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AND FOR THE PAST FORTNIGHT, R(e) since Sep28

covid19.admin.ch/en/overview

Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna mRNA vaccinations ongoing. J&J approved, not ordered. Supply picking up. Not yet approved: AstraZeneca, Curevac and Novavax. Switzerland has ordered over 30m doses for 8m people

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VIRUS VARIANTS detected

UK variant dominant

Public Health Office: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
Science Task Force: sciencetaskforce.ch/en/nextstrain-…

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BY CANTON: LAB-CONFIRMED CASES IN the past fortnight per 100K population—Slight increase (but more testing). Worst still in Uri. Dark end of scale down from 1008 to 766.

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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BY CANTON: LAB-CONFIRMED HOSPITALISATION in the past fortnight per 100K population—Improving, down from 9.07 to 8.04. Mixed pattern. Worst in Uri and Appenzelll I. Dark end of scale down from 30 to 22

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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BY CANTON: DEATHS (which lag case numbers) tell yet another story—Overall numbers up slightly, from 1.1 to 1.2. Varied pattern. Uri now no deaths. Glarus and Thurgau worst. Far end of scale up from 2.9 to 5.

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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INTENSIVE CARE CAPACITY AND OCCUPANCY: all patients and COVID-19

Over 150 hospitals/clinics (Glarus, Appenzell Innerrhoden have no IC units)

All patients: improving in west

COVID-19: improving

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/hosp-capaci…

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R(e) ESTIMATES: national over time, cantons latest.

Falling. Only Luzern and Appenzell I >1. Obwalden and Uri <0.8

Estimate: 0.85 nationally (from 0.98)

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/repro/val

Note: Swiss schools have stayed open during lockdown

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VACCINATIONS

Acceleration, supplies up
Delivered: 3.7m=42% (from 3.1m/36%)
Administered: 3.0m=35% (from 2.6m/31%)
Fully (2 doses): 1.0m=11.7% (from 930K/10.8%)

covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
(Includes demographics)

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LATEST: Next possible relaxation May 26

Vaccinations accelerate to >53K/day

R number down further

Some cantons now vaccinating all adults (some over-16s)

A forgery-proof Covid-19 certificate available by the end of June

Current situation: swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_c…

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