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COVID-19 Blood test Samples PHOTO:Getty Image Switzerland’s Covid-19 death toll topped 10,000 on Wednesday as health officials gave cautious signs of optimism that the pandemic was coming under control in the wealthy Alpine nation. x The landlocked European country, population 8.6 million, said 10,012 people had now died from the virus, while more than 664,000 cases have been registered. But the government’s Covid-19 expert group said the situation was currently stable and even slightly improving. “We have good reason to be optimistic,” the health m...

Switzerlands Covid-19 death toll topped 10,000 on Wednesday as health officials gave cautious signs of optimism that the pandemic was coming under control in the wealthy Alpine nation

Villars, Les Diablerets and Leysin in the Vaud canton are offering free testing to anyone over 12 years old including non-residents. It comes as the February holidays approach.

Switzerland ‘cautiously optimistic’ about course of pandemic Switzerland's vaccination programme is slowly springing into life. Keystone / Laurent Gillieron The falling numbers of Covid-19 infections and deaths is giving some grounds for optimism in Switzerland, but health officials warn that people cannot afford to relax with variant strains in the country. This content was published on January 26, 2021 - 15:41 January 26, 2021 - 15:41 swissinfo.ch/mga The number of infections has been gradually yet steadily dropping since the turn of the year. On Tuesday, 1,884 new cases were regi...

Switzerland has documented five cases of a coronavirus variant from Britain and two cases of a South African variant, a Swiss health ministry official said on Tuesday, adding he anticipates more cases of these faster-spreading mutations will emerge.