Today - Friday 15th January - over 50,000 restaurants are planning to open, an act of mass civil disobedience against "anti-Covid" lockdown measures which have massively hurt the restaurant business, especially small family-owned businesses..
Aldi and Migros are recalling several ready-made salads due to the presence of listeria. The two distributors recommend Thursday not to consume these products.
Aldi has recalled three salads…
Switzerland in the starting blocks: vaccination campaign starts from January 4th CORONAVIRUS
The national plan will be substantially set in Ticino, with the start scheduled for the first days of 2021
Switzerland in the starting blocks: vaccination campaign starts from January 4th Di ats 28 dicembre 2020 , 11:26 OnTheSpot
The largest vaccination campaign in Swiss history is proceeding in great strides: at national level it will begin on January 4, Ticino included, but some cantons have forged ahead by starting vaccinations in recent days.
After a frantic wait, the Swiss Institute for Therapeutic Agents (Swissmedic) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after careful consideration of the risk-benefit ratio in the rolling review procedure. It was the first formalization in the world with the ordinary procedure and just four days later - on 23 December - a 90-year-old woman from a nursing home in the canton of Lucerne was the first person in Switzerland to be vac
The popularity of high-end varieties
Apples have always been the most popular fruit in Switzerland. The consumption of table apples stood at 14.66 kg per person between 2000 and 2002, and at 13.9 kg in 2020. They are therefore ahead of bananas and far ahead of any other fruits grown in the country. Apples remain attractive, although we are seeing the emergence of new preferences when it comes to the different varieties. While the Golden Delicious was by far the most widely cultivated in 2002, the Gala has been the one on top in 2020.
The area devoted to apple cultivation has been reduced over the past two decades, from 4,471 hectares in 2002 to 3,671 hectares in 2020, based on currently available figures; however, some varieties have resisted and actually even gained ground.
Schools and training: lessons learned from Covid lockdown
A pupil from Ticino at his computer during the first virus wave lockdown Keystone / Samuel Golay
Teachers and pupils at schools and in vocational training faced a massive digital learning curve during the spring coronavirus lockdown in Switzerland, two studies have found. Some learners missed out.
This content was published on December 10, 2020 - 11:18
December 10, 2020 - 11:18
Isobel Leybold-Johnson
Isobel trained as a journalist in Great Britain and speaks all three Swiss national languages. She reports on education for swissinfo.ch.
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Although digital learning was not new in vocational schools, the abrupt move to online tools and teaching during the lockdown lead to “a huge extra effort didactically and time-wise”, a Swiss-wide surveyExternal link of these schools published on Thursday found.