The COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Switzerland on 25 February 2020 when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed following a COVID-19 pandemic in Italy .

This page aims to support International Geneva entities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by allowing quick access to information and resources available online. It also relays official information from the Canton of Geneva and the Confederation.

In this study, we estimate the prevalence and reasons for forgoing healthcare during the pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland; a country with a universal and mandatory private health insurance coverage.

Aug 6, 2024 · “COVID-19 is still very much with us,” and circulating in all countries, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove of WHO told journalists in Geneva. “Data from our sentinel-based surveillance system across 84...

Jan 21, 2025 · Trump was critical of how the international body handled Covid-19 and began the process of pulling out from the Geneva-based institution during the pandemic. President Joe Biden later reversed ...

Dec 7, 2021 · Using a database gathering all SARS-CoV-2 tests of a population of half a million people in Geneva, Switzerland, we showed that poor neighbourhood socio-economic conditions are associated with a lower rate of testing, and a higher incidence, positivity, and death incidence from COVID-19.

Nov 17, 2022 · Estimated median prevalence of Covid-19 cases as a fraction of the exposed population in the canton of Geneva. Estimated median (blue line) and 95% credible bounds (red and green lines) are...

In this study, we estimate the prevalence and reasons for forgoing healthcare during the pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland; a country with a universal and mandatory private health insurance coverage.

Jan 11, 2021 · Both in the canton of Geneva and in the department of Haute-Savoie in neighbouring France, MSF is supporting several charities in helping their staff raise awareness of and apply COVID-19 prevention and control measures at their various accommodation and distribution sites.

The pandemic is moving like a wave—one that may yet crash on those least able to cope. But COVID-19 is much more than a health crisis. By stressing every one of the countries it touches, it has the potential to create devastating social, economic …