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Swiss Covid taskforce demands urgent action after ‘insufficient’ measures Experts at Tuesday's press conference under a graphic showing the rise in cases, hospitalisations and deaths Keystone / Peter Klaunzer Experts have warned that coronavirus cases and deaths are likely to rise further in Switzerland. Calls for urgent action and a second lockdown are becoming louder. This content was published on December 15, 2020 - 15:27 December 15, 2020 - 15:27 Keystone-SDA/SRF/ilj New infections rose by 4,271 on Tuesday. There were 103 more deaths. The seven-day average of new positive dai...

Swiss coronavirus expert calls for lockdown to curb COVID-19 By Bart H. Meijer FILE PHOTO: A poster demands to wear protective masks in Zurich ZURICH (Reuters) – The leading expert advising the Swiss government on the coronavirus pandemic urged it on Tuesday to impose an immediate and strict lockdown to contain the infection rate, echoing calls by other scientists, officials and medical professionals. “We think we need very strong measures, the earlier the better,” Martin Ackermann, who heads the independent scientific advisory body on COVID-19, told a media briefing. Acke...