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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 15, 2021, 11 tweets

COVID-19 IN SWITZERLAND. Week to 15.05.2021—down

May 26: decision, more easing end-May?

Per 100K pop, total & last 2 wks
● cases—7860 & 217 (⬇️)
● in hospital—326 & 6 (⬇️)
● deaths—118 & 0.9 (⬇️)

R(e): up—0.87
Vaccs: 3.5m (1.2m 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

2/11

VIRUS VARIANTS detected

UK variant estimated 95%

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—down. Worst still in Uri. Dark end of scale down from 766 to 529.

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 8.04 to 6.04. Worse in Uri and Glarus, so dark end of scale up from 22 to 27

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

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BY CANTON: DEATHS (which lag case numbers)—down from 1.2 to 0.9. Varied pattern. Uri worst. Not so good in some central N and NE cantons. Dark end of scale up from 5 to 5.5.

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

6/11

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

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

All patients: improving overall

COVID-19: improving

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

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

Up slightly. Neuchâtel, Jura, Nidwalden and Appenzell A>1. Four cantons and Liechtenstein <0.8

Estimate: 0.87 nationally (from 0.85)

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

Note: Swiss schools have stayed open during lockdown

8/11

VACCINATIONS (1) VACCINES AND DEMOGRAPHY

Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna roughly equal

Ordered: 36m doses: Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Curevac and Novavax (pop 8.6m)

Approved: Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, J&J (not ordered)

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

VACCINATIONS (2) OVERALL

Clearly accelerating
Delivered: 3.9m=45% (from 3.7m/42%)
Administered: 3.5m=41% (from 3.0m/35%)
Fully (2 doses): 1.2m=13.7% (from 1.0m/11.7%)

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

10/11

LATEST: Decision May 26 on next phase, includes restaurants open indoors

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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