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Zurich Switzerland Monthly COVID-19 Coronavirus tracker October

2020 October Covid-19 Coronavirus Zurich Switzerland In English

Quick Links by weekly headers for October 2020 Switzerland – Coronavirus infoline +41 58 463 00 00 Daily 24 hours Infoline only operates from 6am–11pm   Please note: Infoline does not provide any medical advice. Latest News This Month 30.10.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised Numbers in Zurich  Canton Office of Public Health Confirmed: Number of cases Tested positive: 958 in the last 24 hours Number of hospitalised cases: 239 Number of hospitalised cases on a ventilator: 22  Number of deaths: 12 Zurich canton has few districts with a low confirmed case count except for those on the edge of the canton to the north and east.  Concerns from parents expressed on Twitter and in the news are growing that the age group 0 to 19 are being adequately tracked.  Swiss national news reports pressure on ICU and hospital beds SRF.ch/news     For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch  30.10.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised Numbers in Switzerland  Federal Office of Public Health Confirmed: Cases Tested positive: 9,170 in the last 24 hours  Hospitalised cases today: 279 (6,979 total year to date)   Deaths – 51 (Total 2,035 in Switzerland) Total PCR Tests –

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August 2020 Zurich Switzerland COVID-19 Coronavirus in English

2020 AUGUST Covid-19 Coronavirus Zurich Switzerland In English

Quick Links – weekly headers for August 2020 Switzerland – Coronavirus infoline +41 58 463 00 00 Daily 24 hours Infoline only operates from 6am–11pm Please note: The Infoline does not provide any medical advice. Latest News This Month 31.08.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 21 People tested positive 22 Hospitalised with 6 on ventilator support  1 Person did in hospital due to COVID19 and another condition For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch 30.08.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 56 People tested positive 21 Hospitalised with 5 on ventilator support  For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch 29.08.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich and contact tracing update Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 63 People tested positive 19 Hospitalised with 5 on ventilator support For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch Week – Commencing Saturday August 29th 28.08.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 89 People tested positive  19 Hospitalised with 6 on ventilator support For more information: Zurich Canton

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Zurich Switzerland Monthly COVID-19 Coronavirus tracker July

2020 JULY Covid-19 Coronavirus Zurich Switzerland In English

Quick Links – weekly headers for July 2020 Switzerland – Coronavirus infoline +41 58 463 00 00 Infoline only operates from 6am–11pm Please note: The Infoline does not provide any medical advice. Latest News This Month 31.07.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 31 People tested positive 34 Hospitalised with 5 on ventilator support For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch 30.07.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 30 People tested positive 27 Hospitalised with 5 on ventilator support  For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch 29.07.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich and contact tracing update Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 44 People tested positive 27 Hospitalised with 3 on ventilator support For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch Week – Commencing Wednesday July 29th 28.07.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 25 People tested positive  25 Hospitalised with 3 on ventilator support 1 Person died in hospital due to COVID-19 and a pre-existing condition For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices

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Zurich Switzerland Monthly COVID-19 Coronavirus tracker June

2020 June Covid-19 Coronavirus Zurich Switzerland In English

Quick Links – weekly headers for June 2020 Switzerland – Coronavirus infoline +41 58 463 00 00 Please note: The Infoline does not provide any medical advice. Not all dates had an update for Zurich because of low case or hospitalisation numbers. Latest News This Month 30.06.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 28 People tested positive 12 Hospitalised with no-one on ventilator support 1 person died Contact Tracing – 92 people in isolation and 636 in quarantine  For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch 29.06.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 32 People tested positive 10 Hospitalised with 1 on ventilator support For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch Week – Commencing Monday June 29th 26.06.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 19 People tested positive 7 Hospitalised with 1 on ventilator support For more information: Zurich Canton Health Offices – gd.zh.ch 25.06.2020 – Current Coronavirus COVID-19 Positive Test and Hospitalised  Numbers for Zurich Zurich Canton Health Authority Reports: 7 People tested positive 7 Hospitalised with 1 on

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Corona Virus Zurich Update

How to make your own hand sanitiser using “Spiritus” pharmacy alcohol

This is a post for those who are a little more scientific amongst the Zurich Networking Group and cannot get any hand sanitiser at the local pharmacies or from elsewhere, or who simply have some “Spiritus” ( Pharmacy supplied alcohol rubbing alcohol or surgical spirit as it is known to as well by expats). It is also because the Federal authorities seem to have a supply issue because stocks of ethanol seem to be quite low. Disinfectants are in short supply and you only need three or four ingredients to make your own hand sanitiser at home. A word of warning – if in doubt, do not make it. Keep washing your wrists and hands properly with soap and water.  Only use homemade hand sanitisers in extreme situations when hand washing isn’t available and do not use homemade hand sanitisers on children’s skin or on anyone with a skin condition. Before usage, consider a patch test on a small area of your skin, to test for any sensitivities. If after 24 hours there has been no reaction then you should be good to continue usage. The key to making an effective, germ-busting hand sanitiser is to stick to a 2:1

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Corona Virus Zurich Update

Coronavirus Zurich information and measures

Switzerland – Coronavirus infoline +41 58 463 00 00 Daily 24 hours Contents Switzerland – Coronavirus infoline +41 58 463 00 00 Line open daily 24 hours Infoline (ogni giorno 24 ore): +41 58 463 00 00 Ligne Coronavirus infos (tous les jours 24 heures sur 24) : +41 58 463 00 00   Latest Advisory Switzerland Unemployment and Business Measures – Swiss Federal Government – 25.03.2020 The Federal Council issued new regulations for people and business regarding RAV and Kurzarbeit (short-time work  – translation of German language page using Deepl.com): Bern, 25.03.2020 – On 25 March 2020, the Federal Council adopted further measures to cushion the economic consequences of the spread of the coronavirus. They concern compulsory job registration, unemployment insurance, short-time working compensation and occupational pensions. The new measures in favour of employees will lead to estimated additional costs for unemployment insurance of around CHF 600 million per month. The new measures are designed in particular to reduce the administrative burden on both the applicants and the cantonal implementing bodies. The latter must be able to process applications for compensation as quickly as possible. In the case of the obligation to register a job (STMP), the obligation to

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