UPDATE: Swiss cantons of Fribourg, Neuchâtel to implement new coronavirus restrictions
Neuchâtel and Fribourg join Geneva and several other cantons in Switzerland in mandating tougher measures to fight the spread of Covid-19.
Fribourg and Neuchâtel have become the latest Swiss cantons implement stricter lockdown measures than those adopted at a federal level.
Here's what you need to know.
Fribourg
From 11pm on Wednesday, November 4th, Fribourg will put in place a strict range of new coronavirus measures.
Bars, restaurants and cafes will be forced to close, as will cinemas, theatres, museums, gyms, fitness centres and swimming pools.
Cantonal authorities stressed that the measures were necessary to control the pandemic.
Fribourg has become one of the hardest hit cantons in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Among the new rules will be the closure of all bars and restaurants, along with cinemas, concert halls, theatres, museums, fitness, and wellness centres, erotic salons, swimming pools, bowling alleys and other game rooms. Contact sports are prohibited and non-contact sports activities are limited to five people.
Religious ceremonies are also prohibited, except for funerals.
The measures will go into effect on Wednesday at 11 pm until at least until November 22nd.
“Demonstrations and gatherings, public or private, including within the family circle, both indoors and outdoors, involving more than five people are prohibited. Households with more than five people are not affected by this measure”, the canton said.
Neuchâtel’s measures follow a ‘semi-confinement’ implemented in Geneva on November 2nd, which includes shutting down all bars, restaurants, non-essential shops, as well as leisure establishments like cinemas, museums, libraries and pools.
READ MORE: UPDATE: Geneva and other Swiss cantons introduce tighter coronavirus restrictions
Similar measures are also in force in Jura, where all bars, restaurants, museums, theatres, cinemas, and libraries in the canton will remain closed until November 15th.
Other cantons are expected to implement similar measures in the coming days, including Vaud, which will release its list of restrictions on Wednesday.
The measures go beyond those mandated by the Federal Council on October 29th on the national level.
Cantons can’t revoke any of the federal measures but they can add their own, more restrictive ones.
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Fribourg and Neuchâtel have become the latest Swiss cantons implement stricter lockdown measures than those adopted at a federal level.
Here's what you need to know.
Fribourg
From 11pm on Wednesday, November 4th, Fribourg will put in place a strict range of new coronavirus measures.
Bars, restaurants and cafes will be forced to close, as will cinemas, theatres, museums, gyms, fitness centres and swimming pools.
Cantonal authorities stressed that the measures were necessary to control the pandemic.
Fribourg has become one of the hardest hit cantons in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Among the new rules will be the closure of all bars and restaurants, along with cinemas, concert halls, theatres, museums, fitness, and wellness centres, erotic salons, swimming pools, bowling alleys and other game rooms. Contact sports are prohibited and non-contact sports activities are limited to five people.
Religious ceremonies are also prohibited, except for funerals.
The measures will go into effect on Wednesday at 11 pm until at least until November 22nd.
“Demonstrations and gatherings, public or private, including within the family circle, both indoors and outdoors, involving more than five people are prohibited. Households with more than five people are not affected by this measure”, the canton said.
Neuchâtel’s measures follow a ‘semi-confinement’ implemented in Geneva on November 2nd, which includes shutting down all bars, restaurants, non-essential shops, as well as leisure establishments like cinemas, museums, libraries and pools.
READ MORE: UPDATE: Geneva and other Swiss cantons introduce tighter coronavirus restrictions
Similar measures are also in force in Jura, where all bars, restaurants, museums, theatres, cinemas, and libraries in the canton will remain closed until November 15th.
Other cantons are expected to implement similar measures in the coming days, including Vaud, which will release its list of restrictions on Wednesday.
The measures go beyond those mandated by the Federal Council on October 29th on the national level.
Cantons can’t revoke any of the federal measures but they can add their own, more restrictive ones.
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