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COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Switzerland on 25 February 2020 when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed following a COVID-19 outbreak in Italy.

COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
File:COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Switzerland by Canton.svg
Map of cantons in Switzerland by number of confirmed cases (as of 9 May)[1]
     1-99 cases      100-499 cases      500-999 cases      1,000-2,499 cases      2,500+ cases
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationSwitzerland
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China via Milan, Italy
Index caseLugano, Ticino
Arrival date25 February 2020
(5 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Confirmed cases30,380[2][3]
Recovered26,800[3]
Deaths
1,845[2][3]
Government website
BAG Schweiz

Cases

The first case was a 70-year-old man in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino which borders Italy, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The man had previously visited Milan.[4][5] Afterwards, multiple cases related to the Italy areas were discovered in multiple cantons, including Basel-City, Zürich, and Graubünden.[6][7][8]

Multiple isolated cases not related to the Italy clusters were also confirmed.[9]

Response

On 28 February, the national government, the Federal Council, banned all events with more than 1,000 participants. On 16 March, schools and most shops were closed nationwide, and on 20 March, all gatherings of more than five people in public spaces were banned. The government also put restrictions on border crossings. They also announced economic support measures worth 40 billion Swiss francs.[10]

COVID-19 Pandemic In Switzerland Media

  • Corona-Schutzmassnahmen Schweiz 02.jpg

    Official information explaining hygiene rules and correct reaction in case of symptoms (version of 16 March 2020 in the parliament building)

  • COVID-19-Switzerland-log.svg

    Number of cases (blue) and number of deaths (red) on a logarithmic scale

  • Todesfälle Schweiz ab 2015.svg

    Comparison of actual deaths per week with expected mortality since 2015

References

  1. ↑ (in fr) Cas d'infection au Sars-CoV-2 en Suisse. Tribune de Genève. 18 March 2020. https://interactif.tdg.ch/2020/covid-19-carte-suisse/. Retrieved 19 March 2020. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  4. ↑ (in de) Erster bestätigter Fall in der Schweiz. Blick. 25 February 2020. https://www.blick.ch/news/coronavirus-erster-bestaetigter-fall-von-coronavirus-in-der-schweiz-id15767285.html. Retrieved 29 February 2020. 
  5. ↑ BREAKING: Switzerland confirms first case of coronavirus. The Local. 25 February 2020. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200225/breaking. Retrieved 29 February 2020. 
  6. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  7. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  8. ↑ "Swiss coronavirus cases rise to nine as children placed in precautionary quarantine" (in en). Reuters. 2020-02-27. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-swiss-idUSKCN20L167. Retrieved 2020-02-29. 
  9. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  10. ↑ NZZ-Redaktion. "Coronavirus in der Schweiz: die neusten Entwicklungen" (in de). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/coronavirus-in-der-schweiz-die-neusten-entwicklungen-ld.1542664. Retrieved 2020-03-20. 
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