{"id":94890,"date":"2021-03-06T18:04:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/covid19-svizzera-riaperture-si-ma-esami-gratis-per-tutti\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T17:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:14:20","slug":"covid19-switzerland-reopenings-yes-but-free-exams-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/covid19-switzerland-reopenings-yes-but-free-exams-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID19 & Switzerland: reopenings yes, but free exams for all"},"content":{"rendered":"

COVID19 & Switzerland: reopenings yes, but free exams for all<\/h1>\n

The Federal Council would like the Confederation to assume the entire cost of self-testing as an incentive for the population to get tested and isolate themselves<\/em><\/h3>\n

The Federal Council wants to accompany the phases of gradual reopening of economic activities by considerably extending the testing strategy: in order to encourage the population to get themselves tested, it proposes that the costs be borne in full by the Swiss Confederation.
\nIn order to improve prevention and early detection of coronavirus outbreaks, businesses and schools will have to carry out repeat tests.<\/p>\n

\"L'aspetto
The appearance of the coronavirus seen under the microscope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Possible exemptions from quarantine requirements<\/h3>\n

Companies that test extensively may be exempted from the quarantine requirement for contact persons.
\nIn addition, as soon as reliable do-it-yourself tests are available, the Federal Council intends to deliver five tests per month free of charge to the entire population.
\nSo that anyone can undergo them right away, all tests performed in pharmacies or testing centers will be free of charge, even for those without symptoms.
\nThe costs of this extension are estimated at more than one billion francs.<\/p>\n

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\"COVID19
COVID19 – Test Type Overview<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A final decision is expected on March 12<\/h3>\n

The Federal Council will take a final decision on 12 March after consulting the cantons.
\nIn order to interrupt infection chains in a targeted manner, it must be possible to identify carriers of the virus quickly.
\nTesting is therefore a key element in the fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Now that sufficient testing and laboratory capacities are available and you will soon be able to test yourself, the Federal Council intends to intensify testing by making it free of charge for everyone.
\nIn this way, it wants to encourage the gradual reopening of social and economic life.
\nSince the most contagious variants of the virus are spreading more and more rapidly, prevention and early detection of local outbreaks must be strengthened.<\/p>\n

Free testing planned from Monday, 15 March<\/h3>\n

The Federal Council has already extended the testing strategy several times. Today, the federal government not only finances the testing of people with symptoms, but also the testing of people without symptoms in homes for the elderly and in schools, as well as that required to suppress local outbreaks. As of March 15, it will assume the costs of all testing.<\/p>\n

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Repeat testing in businesses and schools<\/h3>\n

The mobile population of businesses and schools will be repeatedly tested with group salivary tests.
\nWith this system, the samples taken from the tested persons are not analyzed individually, but all together.
\nThis significantly reduces material costs and saves a lot of time. However, repeat tests in companies do not replace protection plans, but rather reinforce them. Participation is voluntary.
\nCantons will be able to exempt businesses that test frequently from the quarantine requirement for contact persons.<\/p>\n

Do-it-yourself coronavirus tests for residents<\/h3>\n

From the outset, the success of the fight against the pandemic also depends on the individual responsibility of the population.
\nThe Federal Council therefore also wants to facilitate access to do-it-yourself testing.
\nEveryone should be able to test themselves regularly, even if they have no symptoms.<\/p>\n

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The idea is that each person can collect five do-it-yourself tests per month.
\nBecause not enough information is yet available on their use by asymptomatic people, the Federal Office of Public Health has not yet approved these tests. The Federal Council therefore proposes that the federal government also assume the costs of rapid tests performed in pharmacies and test centers. This rule would also apply to border crossers.<\/p>\n

\"L'esito
The (positive) outcome of a test for COVID19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Extending the strategy involves risk<\/h3>\n

Extending the testing strategy carries certain risks because each result is only a snapshot.
\nIn addition, do-it-yourself tests are much less reliable than PCR tests.
\nA negative result should not give a sense of false security and induce superficial behavior.
\nIt will still be necessary to wear a mask and keep your distance.<\/p>\n

COVID19 – Test Type Overview<\/a><\/h3>\n

It is also important that people who test positive in a rapid test or do-it-yourself test undergo a confirmatory PCR test and immediately go into isolation.
\nIt remains to be seen whether a negative test may be required to attend certain events or enter certain areas.<\/p>\n

The effort is estimated at about CHF 1 billion.<\/h3>\n

The costs for the expansion of the testing strategy are estimated to be more than one billion CHF by 2021.
\nThe legal basis is the COVID Act19, which is limited until the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\"L'esito<\/p>\n

\u00dcbersicht \u00fcber die Testtypen<\/a><\/strong>
\nMusterkonzept breites Testen<\/a><\/strong>
\nEntwurf Covid-19-Verordnung 3<\/a><\/strong>
\nBegleitdokument f\u00fcr die Kantone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Aper\u00e7u des diff\u00e9rents types de tests<\/a><\/strong>
\nAnnexe Projet de mod\u00e8le de concept<\/a><\/strong>
\nProjet Ordonnance 3 COVID-19<\/a><\/strong>
\nDocument daccompagnement pour les cantons<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Il Consiglio Federale desidera che la Confederazione si assuma l’intero costo dei test fai-da-te per incentivare la popolazione a farsi controllare e isolarsi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258,256,260,210,305,257],"tags":[416,398,263,520,261,265,408,264,262,453],"class_list":["post-94890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-economy","category-highlights","category-magazine","category-politics","category-switzerland","tag-bern","tag-federalism","tag-future","tag-health","tag-opportunities","tag-politics","tag-science","tag-sustainability","tag-taxation","tag-tech-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94900,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94890\/revisions\/94900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}