Coronavirus – Switzerland – The suspicion has been confirmed: The dangerous omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected for the first time in Switzerland. Two people who are in contact are affected, as the BAG announced on Tuesday evening. You are in isolation.
The Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) reported a suspected case of the Omikron variant on Sunday, which has now been confirmed. BAG director Anne Lévy spoke on Monday of a person in isolation, all of her contacts are in quarantine, including those who have recovered or have been vaccinated.
In the past few days, infections with the new Coronavirus variant Omikron, classified as particularly dangerous, had been reported from more and more countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) classified the variant as “worrying” on Friday due to its large number of spike mutations. Omikron was first detected in South Africa.
From now in 23 countries, all persons have to present a negative Covid-19 test when boarding an airplane and when entering Switzerland and have to go into quarantine for 10 days. The quarantine also applies to those who have recovered and who have been vaccinated.
The German vaccine developer Biontech has started developing a vaccine against the Omikron variant. And the US vaccine developer Moderna is also working on an improved version of its vaccine.
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