Switzerland has implemented a broad testing strategy for free coronavirus screening throughout the country. This is how, and where, you can get tested near you.
Almost a month after they were initially promised, free coronavirus tests will be rolled out in Swiss pharmacies from Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know.
As PCR tests are cheaper in France, people from the Swiss canton of Geneva are heading over the border to get the nasal swab. A third of those tested in French border centres are from Switzerland.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, which has been at the forefront of producing coronavirus tests and research into treatments, on Thursday reported higher profits for 2020.
Switzerland will shorten the applicable coronavirus quarantine from ten days to seven, however anyone arriving by air will now need to present a negative PCR test.
Swiss health officials have urged anyone experiencing symptoms to get tested. Switzerland currently tests less per positive case than most European countries.
According to new figures, Switzerland is carrying out far too few tests to adequately chart the spread of coronavirus. Only four European countries - all of them in Eastern Europe - test less per positive case than Switzerland.
As an increasing number of Covid-19 cases is being recorded in Switzerland — 17,440 in the last 72 hours — it is important to know where, and under what circumstances, to seek a test.
Needless to say, everyone wants to avoid the coronavirus at all costs. But where should you seek help in Switzerland if you think you may have been contaminated?
According to a new survey commissioned by Sotomo Research Institute, 63 percent of people in Switzerland say they would like a vaccine against the virus as soon as it is on the market.
Britain on Thursday said it was in discussions with Swiss pharma giant Roche to mass purchase its coronavirus antibody test after scientists found it to be "100 percent" accurate.
