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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has signed an agreement with Johnson & Johnson to secure 11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and will ease restrictions due to a decline in new cases, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. South Africa has been the hardest-hit on the continent by the pandemic, recording almost half of the COVID-19 deaths and more than a third of reported infections. But daily cases have fallen below 2,000, from a peak above 20,000 last month during a second wave of infecti...

Robots in schools: new teaching methods on the horizon? The pandemic is forcing us to rethink everything, even how we teach. What if robots are the future of education? This content was published on March 1, 2021 - 15:39 March 1, 2021 - 15:39 Sara Ibrahim Writes about the impact of new technologies on society: are we aware of the revolution in progress and its consequences? Hobby: free thinking. Habit: asking too many questions. Thymio, Lexi, Elias, Pepper, Nao, Anastasia, Kaspar: they could...

Swiss Covid sniffer dogs being put to the test The army already trains dogs to sniff out explosives and drugs. © Keystone / Christian Beutler Three dogs are being trained to sniff out people infected with coronavirus in Switzerland. If successful, the canines could be used to detect outbreaks in schools, offices, events and other crowded places. This content was published on February 28, 2021 - 13:33 February 28, 2021 - 13:33 swissinfo.ch/mga Dogs are also being trained this way in other count...

Martian moons have common origin, say Zurich scientists Have Zurich scientists solved one of the Red Planets mysteries? Keystone / Str This content was published on February 23, 2021 - 16:30 February 23, 2021 - 16:30 Keystone-SDA/jc The two moons of Mars, long a source of puzzlement for scientists, were originally one, according to new research from the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH. Deimos and Phobos, discovered in 1877, have long been thought to be asteroids drawn into the Red Pl...

Government takes next step in 5G plans Installing a 5G antenna in Bern. © Keystone / Peter Klaunzer The environment ministry has finalised new guidelines for the regulation of maximum wave limits to be beamed from new, “adaptive” 5G antennae in Switzerland. This content was published on February 23, 2021 - 17:50 February 23, 2021 - 17:50 Keystone-SDA/dos On Tuesday, the environment ministry published the guidelines for cantons and local authorities concerning the antennae, which are design...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The first dose of Pfizer Incs COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective, a study of healthcare workers at an Israeli hospital has found, potentially fuelling a debate over the recommended two-dose schedule as governments try to stretch out supplies. The Sheba Medical Centers findings compare with overall efficacy of around 95% in a two dose regimen 21 days apart for the shot developed with Germanys BioNTech. The Sheba study, to be published in The Lancet medical journal, comes a da...

Digital identity is considered the key to access the digitized world - but has Switzerland found the right model?

Switzerland is the best equipped country for online shopping, according to a United Nations comparison of more than 150 states.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it had struck a deal for an extra 150 million doses of Modernas COVID-19 vaccine this year, nearly doubling the number of shots secured from the U.S. biotech firm for 2021. Under the deal, which confirms what Reuters exclusively reported on Monday, the European Union also has the option to buy another 150 million doses next year. The EU has already booked 160 million doses of the Moderna shot for this year. Deliveries began in Januar...

Top diplomat Rossier resigns amid ambassador reshuffle Yves Rossier (right) during the opening ceremony of the Swiss embassy in Moscow in 2019. Co-cutters were Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis (centre) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Keystone / Yuri Kochetkov State Secretary and Swiss Ambassador to Moscow Yves Rossier has handed in his notice, the foreign ministry has confirmed. Wednesday also saw various ambassadorial positions reassigned around the world. This content was publ...