Seems patients in Switzerland with mild symptoms will not be tested anymore (no capacity)
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The corona virus is also spreading rapidly in Switzerland. The number of confirmed infections rose to over 200 on Friday. Switzerland is facing an epidemic wave, said Daniel Koch of the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) on Friday before the media. And you will increasingly lose control over the number of people infected. Because around 80 percent of patients in whom the disease takes a mild course - they will be hardly tested anymore in the future. Those who have symptoms of flu or a cold, including cough or fever, should no longer report to the hospitals, but should stay at home, said Koch, head of the communicable diseases department at the BAG.
Health ministers Alain Berset and Koch appealed to the population not to storm the emergency department at the weekend if there were mild symptoms of illness. "Because of the increasing number of cases, healthcare facilities are under great pressure," said Berset. The goal must now be to keep the hospital capacities free for people with severe illness. According to Koch, there are currently corona patients in the hospitals who have been hospitalized for isolation but do not need hospital care. For reasons of capacity, the hospitals could no longer accept such patients.
However, if corona patients with a mild course are no longer identified as such, relatives are at risk of becoming infected. "Most of the transmissions are already taking place at home," says Koch. However, not everyone who had contact with corona patients was infected. Nevertheless, the risk that relatives of the sick spread the virus when they go to work increases. And according to Koch, they should do this as long as they do not show any symptoms of illness. The risk of infection is relatively small in these cases.
Medical certificate after five days
The BAG continues to keep a certain control over the distribution in Switzerland. Corona infections are now recorded in the Sentinella reporting system, which is used to record seasonal flu. This system is an extrapolation from tested cases.
In order to relieve the health system, employers should only request a medical certificate from the fifth day of absence. And companies should give their employees flexible working hours so that they no longer have to use public transport at peak times. Less densely populated trains reduced the risk of infection.
The federal government is now concentrating primarily on protecting the vulnerable population: people over 65 and generally on those with previous illnesses such as cardiovascular and respiratory complaints, immune deficiency, diabetes or high blood pressure. Because they are at risk of serious or critical illnesses, which require hospital care or even an admission to the intensive care unit. Berset and Koch appealed for solidarity with the risk groups. Therefore, hygiene rules should be adhered to and social distancing practiced. "We have to give special protection to vulnerable groups," said Berset. Because with a new virus like the Sars-CoV-2 there is no immunity and no vaccine yet.
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