Switzerland closes bookshops

From next Monday (January 18th) In addition to restaurants, clubs and sports facilities, shops for non-everyday goods must also close – this also applies Bookstores. But: The order that shops, petrol station shops and kiosks have to stay after 7 p.m. and on Sundays will be lifted again.

• Employers are obliged Homeoffice to be arranged where this is possible.
• In future, the same rules will apply throughout Switzerland. Individual cantons should no longer be able to relax closings.
• Companies that have been officially closed for at least 40 calendar days since November 1, 2020 no longer need to provide evidence of lost sales. They are automatically saved as Hardship cases guided.

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