Today in Switzerland: A round-up of the latest news on Monday
Helena Bachmann in Geneva
Helena Bachmann in Geneva
07:51 CEST
Find out what's going on in Switzerland today with The Local's short round-up of the news.
Covid self-tests are not accurate, some doctors claim
Each Swiss resident is entitled to five free self-tests per month.
But Nicolas Vuilleumier, the head of service at the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), who is also president of the umbrella organisation of medical laboratories in Switzerland, said that due to their lack of sensitivity, these tests are not reliable screening tools.
“We will have problems of false negatives which will arise in relatively large proportions”, Vuilleumier warned in an interview with RTS public broadcaster.