Switzerland is preparing for future pandemics with measures, such as clearer responsibilities for the government and cantons, improved monitoring and supply of medical goods and a legal basis for economic aid. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government adopted a revision of the Epidemics Act on Wednesday. The bill will bring improvements in dealing with health crises, it wrote. It is thinking of epidemics and pandemics, but also of dealing with the increasing number of antibiotic resistances. Now the ball is in parliament's court. According to the Federal Council, the reform will clarify the distribution of competences at all levels of government. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that adjustments are needed to improve prevention and the management of future threats to public health, it said. Clearer allocation of competences Among other things, the escalation model with normal, special and extraordinary stages is to be adapted. In the normal situation ...
