Assisted suicide option remains in demand in Switzerland
Some 68 more people opted for assisted suicide to end their lives in Switzerland in 2020 than the previous year. Keystone / Georgios Kefalas
Some 1,282 seriously ill people ended their lives using the services of Swiss assisted suicide organisation EXIT last year, which is 68 more people than in 2019.
This content was published on February 22, 2021 - 13:50
February 22, 2021 - 13:50
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There were no reported assisted suicides due to Covid-19, but the pandemic did force EXIT to reduce its activities between March 20 and May 20 last year, the organisation said on Monday.
EXIT Deutsche Schweiz, which covers the German and Italian-speaking parts of the country, saw a rise of 51 assisted suicides as it helped 913 people terminate their lives in 2020. More people living in French-speaking Switzerland also ended their lives last year, as 369 people used the services of EXIT Suisse Romande.
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MIAMI – As a result of the tightening of travel restrictions announced last week and the consequent drop in demand, SWISS (LX) is forced to temporarily reduce its flight operations at Geneva-Cointrin Airport (GVA) until the end of March 2021.
SWISS will continue to fly to the Zurich-Kloten (ZRH) hub 13 times weekly and will continue to serve its parent company Lufthansa hub in Frankfurt with seven services per week. This flight program shall ensure continued connectivity to the eastern part of Switzerland.
According to the Carrier press release, the reason for this decision is that LX operates point-to-point flights out of GVA, which does not create additional demand for feeder flights, as it does in ZRH. Moreover, GVA has not yet created an infrastructure permitting COVID-19 testing.