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Q&A What is considered enough when it comes to coronavirus testing?

In this second collection of answers to readers’ questions, we explore who can get tested, and whether an optimal testing rate exists.

By Jessica Davis Plüss and Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi

Coronavirus Should all Swiss be wearing face masks?

“No,” say the Swiss government and the WHO; “yes,” say some European governments and Swiss politicians; “yes and no,” say many opinionated readers.

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Pupils will finish year on time despite corona closure

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Swiss regulator cracks down on fraudulent crypto activities

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Around 20,000 healthcare workers seek partial unemployment benefits

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Swiss want to work from home more frequently after pandemic

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covid-19 updates Coronavirus: the situation in Switzerland

Switzerland is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus, with more than 18,000 positive tests and over 490 deaths.

Gig economy B&B chalet has room with alpine view, but no takers

Angela McMillan would love to have guests in her chalet but bookings have dried up due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Stifled innovation Start-up firms feel frozen out of coronavirus bailout funds

Start-ups are falling through the cracks of a state-sponsored funding scheme designed to keep companies afloat during the coronavirus crisis.

By Matthew Allen

Covid-19 MSF deploys Covid-19 teams in Geneva to help most vulnerable

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has 12 specialists in Geneva helping the main hospital as well as the homeless and other vulnerable residents.

By Simon Bradley

Coronavirus Swiss commodities sector grapples with Covid-19 turbulence

The importance of commodities and experience in handling fluctuations has helped commodity firms weather the coronavirus storm better than most.

By Dominique Soguel-dit-Picard

Vaccines, drugs and immunity What Swiss researchers are doing to beat Covid-19

Swiss scientists and drug companies are playing an important role in the global effort to develop treatments or a vaccine for the virus. 

By Clare O'Dea

Intensive care unit On the frontline at a Swiss hospital battling Covid-19

Health workers at the University Hospital of canton Fribourg are doing their best amidst a general shortage of personnel, equipment and secure zones. 

By Anthony Anex/Keystone, Images

'A ship will not come' Swiss sailors’ amateur films inspire Zurich art show

Curators in Zurich used archive film footage of the Swiss merchant marine to explore current issues related to the sea.

By Eduardo Simantob and Carlo Pisani

Swiss Abroad Different continent, same virus: how families are coping

Families separated by oceans are finding comfort in their shared experience under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Jessica Davis Plüss

Coronavirus crisis Swiss real estate market suffers fallout from epidemic

The Covid-19 crisis could spell an end to the previously rosy situation for Switzerland’s real estate investors.

By Jonas Glatthard, with input from Sibilla Bondolfi

International Justice  Hopes rising that war criminals will be brought to court  

Countries including Switzerland are increasingly using “universal jurisdiction” to prosecute war criminals, says a new report.

By Julia Crawford

Covid-19 impact How the crisis reveals cultural divide between Swiss language regions

Switzerland’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the ‘Röstigraben’ – the imaginary cultural and social divide between language regions.

By Simon Bradley

covid-19 When I venture into Geneva, hand in glove

My wife and I play our new No-Touch-Unless-Must game now when either of us goes out

By Bill Harby

Coronavirus pandemic Global cooperation needed to prevent Covid-19 drugs ‘free-for-all’

Weaker countries may be pushed aside in the scramble for effective drugs to fight coronavirus, an infectious diseases expert fears.

By Simon Bradley

Spreitenbach ‘Shoppi’ The first Swiss shopping mall

The “Shoppi” in a Zurich-area suburb changed the Swiss shopping style.  Prosperity in Switzerland rose massively after the Second World War.

By David Eugster (text) and Ester Unterfinger (photo editor)

‘no time to die’ How Covid-19 has hit democracy worldwide

The ongoing pandemic has put the entire world on hold. As well as the newest James Bond movie, popular votes around the globe have been postponed.

By Bruno Kaufmann

Federalism and Covid-19 How the virus puts the Swiss political system to test

The coronavirus epidemic allows a privileged insight into the balance of power between Switzerlrand's national and the regional authorities. 

By Urs Geiser

opinion Covid-19: Health or wealth?

Can the pandemic be separated from the economy? Columnist Daniel Warner writes that this and other important questions are now being raised.

By Daniel Warner

Covid-19 Coping strategies: Indian students under Swiss lockdown

Unable to return home to India due to coronavirus-related flight restrictions, students studying in Switzerland are showing their resilience.

By Anand Chandrasekhar