Covid task force chief positively surprised by health situation
Martin Ackermann helps the government shape its pandemic response. Keystone / Peter Klaunzer
The chances of easing coronavirus restrictions in Switzerland are improving, according to the president of the Swiss Covid task force. But the business community is losing patience.
This content was published on May 9, 2021 - 13:56
May 9, 2021 - 13:56
In an interview published Sunday in the German-language weekly NZZ am Sonntag, Martin AckermannExternal link said he was positively surprised by the improved public health situation.
Risks remain
The Swiss, notes the government adviser, appear to have behaved reasonably. Yet the risk of an uptick in cases remains. If restrictions are relaxed too quickly and too widely, people who have not had a chance to be vaccinated would be exposed to undue risk. “It would not be fair to them,” he says.
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