🔴The Federal Council intervened today +++ Strict national wide measures in Switzerland to be applied from December 12 until January 20 +++ All explained in this thread 🔴
#CoronaInfoCH #Switzerland #COVID19
#CoronaInfoCH #Switzerland #COVID19
While many cantons introduced new measures this week, the Federal Council decided to intervene due to a fast rising infection rate. They held a meeting and a press conference this evening. #CoronaInfoCH
«We need to take over control» said the Federal Council. The numbers are rising too fast and the situation seems to get out of hand otherwise.
Since the Cantons are currently in charge about new individual measures, the Council can't force national wide measures that easilly without calling out a nationalwide crisis. Therefore the Council *strongly* suggests a package of new measures starting 12.12 - 20.01.
This includes:
- All gastronomy, shops, leisure and culture facilities to close by 7pm and whole Sunday
- Private gatherings max 5p from 2 households (exc. 24-26 & 31.12.; 10p)
- Public events banned
- No cultural events
- All gastronomy, shops, leisure and culture facilities to close by 7pm and whole Sunday
- Private gatherings max 5p from 2 households (exc. 24-26 & 31.12.; 10p)
- Public events banned
- No cultural events
These are still *recommendations*, but if the cantons disagree, the Council announced they can take steps and have the power to decide. The idea is to ("hopefully not") trigger a state of escallation. It's a classic but complicated Federal scenario.
They also added another layer of pressure: «We will evaluate and introduce stricter measures on December 18 if needed»
Basically it means, that these new measures are to be intact national wide – but introduced by the cantons individually, for the sake of peace and diplomacy, and to avoid legal complications so to say – from December 12.
How schools will be affected by this is still pending.
Ski resorts can remain open – but what happens on their Sundays is also tbc.
Meanwhile they work on a Federal level, together with the cantons, on strategies about how to support affected businesses.
Christmas and New Years Eve: The Federal Council works on a solution where Christmas can be celebrated – the midnight mass in Churches should be possible. Also the gastronomy curfew for NYE can be stretched. TBA.
If cantons want to, according to their individual situation, introduce even stricter measures, they are still able to do so.
Finances: Sommaruga says that this is still pending and there will be discussions with the cantons about 'heavy cases' and 'what is possible'
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