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ZURICH (REUTERS) - Switzerland's health-care system could collapse by the end of the month if the new coronavirus keeps spreading at current rates, a government official warned on Tuesday (March 17).
Swiss authorities estimated that 2,650 people had tested positive for the coronavirus and said 19 people had died, while predicting cases will likely soar in the weeks ahead.
Exact figures were unavailable.
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Koch urged residents to observe strict emergency measures ordered this week, including bans on events and gatherings, calling these critical in limiting the damage and protecting hospitals from a potential collapse.
"People who become infected today will only hit us in 10 days from now," Koch said at a news conference.
"We have to make sure the infection rate goes down today, because otherwise, in 10 days (Swiss hospitals) won't be able to handle it."
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
ZURICH (Reuters) - The number of people tested positive for the new coronavirus in Switzerland and Liechtenstein has risen to 3,028, Swiss health authorities said on Wednesday, of which 2,772 cases were confirmed.
Twenty-one people so far have died of the illness, which authorities have warned could swamp the country's health care system.
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Riham Alkousaa)
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
Coronavirus The spread of coronavirus continues in the country. Adults are significantly more affected than children.
Saturday at 12 noon, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) counted in Switzerland 6113 cases of declared infections with the coronavirus, nearly 1300 more than the day before. The number of deaths is 56, according to figures published on the website of the office.
These are based on the declarations received and seized on Saturday morning. For this reason, the figures may diverge from those communicated by the cantons, specifies the FOPH.
Adults are significantly more affected than children and, from the age of 60, men more than women. The cantons of Ticino (257.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), Basel-City (173) and Vaud (181.2) are the most affected.
Expected increase
These figures will further increase in the coming days in Switzerland. But the curve could flatten as early as next week, provided that everyone sticks to the measures, according to Daniel Koch, head of the crisis cell.
It is not the measures that will make the difference, but the behavior of the population, said Saturday the head of the communicable diseases division of the FOPH at a press briefing in Bern. Everyone must do everything to not be contaminated and not to contaminate the others.
Bringing total confirmed infections to 7,014 and at least 60 deaths.
Switzerland recorded more than 900 additional coronavirus cases from Saturday to Sunday, the nation's health ministry said, bringing total confirmed infections to 7,014 and at least 60 deaths, up from 56 a day earlier.
The hardest-hit Swiss canton, Ticino on the Italian border, has 918 cases and 28 deaths.
Switzerland is also due to take on six seriously ill patients with respiratory disease Covid-19, caused by the coronavirus, from the French region of Alsace, following similar transfers to neighbouring Germany after French hospitals became overloaded.
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
In Switzerland, the total number of cases measures at 7,776 and the number of deaths at 100. There are 7,545 active cases ongoing, and 131 have recovered. For the first time since March 19, the number of daily cases was less than 1,000 at 611.
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
The government has issued a recommendation to all citizens to stay at home, especially the sick and the elderly. It has announced a countrywide ban on gatherings of more than five people and more measures to help support the economy.
Government charters flights to repatriate Swiss tourists trapped abroad.
An “extraordinary situation” has been declared, resulting in a ban on all private and public events and closing bars, restaurants, sports and cultural spaces; only businesses providing essential goods remain open. Schools are closed nationwide. The measures are in force until April 19.
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has nearly 9,000 confirmed coronavirus infections and 90 deaths from the disease, the Federal Office of Public Health said on Tuesday, adding it was premature to say the number of new cases was flattening out.
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has 10,714 confirmed coronavirus infections and 161 people have died of the disease, the Federal Office of Public Health said on Thursday.
The numbers were up to date as of 0715 GMT, it said.
"The only security we have is our ability to adapt."
Swiss Coronavirus Deaths Reach 235, Confirmed Cases Top 13,000
By Reuters
March 28, 2020
Updated 9:03 a.m. ET
ZURICH — Switzerland's death toll from the new coronavirus has increased to 235 people from 197 on Friday, the health ministry said on Saturday, with the number of cases also increasing to 13,213 from 12,161.
... https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020...rus-swiss.html
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