First COVID Confirmed Case In Switzerland

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Switzerland reported its first coronavirus case on Tuesday in canton Ticino in the south of the country

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Switzerland confirms first coronavirus case

THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2020 4:13 PMFEB 25, 2020 - 16:13

Swiss guards on the border with neighbouring Italy on February 25

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Switzerland reported its first coronavirus case on Tuesday in canton Ticino in the south of the country. The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) is due to give more information at a press conference in Bern at 5pm (Swiss time). 

Laboratory tests carried out in Geneva uncovered a coronavirus case in canton Ticino, authorities told the Keystone-SDA News Agency on Tuesday.

So far, about 300 suspected cases of Covid-19 have been tested in Switzerland, but there had been no confirmed cases until now, according to the interior ministry. 

On Monday the Swiss authorities announced that they were beefing up measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus from neighbouring Italy, while stressing that the situation in Switzerland is under control. 

Tests for the Covid-19 virus will also be made available to people who have flu-like symptoms but have not necessarily been in close contact with infected patients, according to the interior ministryexternal link. An information campaign as well as advisory servicesexternal link will be boosted in the next few days.   

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The Swiss announcement comes as neighbouring Austria also reported its first two confirmed cases on Tuesday. The two patients are Italians who live in the border province of Tyrol and recently travelled to Lombardy, one of the two regions at the epicentre of the Italian outbreak.

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The corona virus has reached the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. The first infection was recorded there in Switzerland.
The Health Minister, Alain Berset, told the media that the country is well prepared and the government is keeping a close eye on the situation. The virus was detected in the southern canton of Ticino. Almost 70,000 people go from Italy to Ticino, who speaks Italian, every day to work there. According to Berset, no travel restrictions apply. Ticino is a sort of cove in the Italian region of Lombardy. Most of the coronavirus cases were found there in Italy.

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