Speaking at a press conference, interior minister Alain Berset warned of an “explosion” of cases leading to a third pandemic wave. “The good news is that we have advance notice.”
Switzerland’s immunisation drive is under way, but the country has failed to proceed at the same pace as Israel, which has a similar number of inhabitants. Moderna’s vaccine, which received the regulatory green light on January 12, will supplement the jabs by Pfizer that are already being used. Authorities have faced criticism for the slow progress, and also for the amount of vaccines ordered. That comes on top of complaints about their bungling of the response to the surge in infections in October and November.
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