Unvaccinated holidaymakers urged to take a Covid test

With inoculation rates slowing, Swiss health officials have launched a campaign asking non-vaccinated travellers to get tested after returning from their summer trips. “Even if you don’t have symptoms, get tested after the holidays”: this is the slogan of a new campaign launched by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), senior official Virginie Masserey told media in Bern on Tuesday. Masserey said the Covid situation was still “uncertain”, with relatively high case numbers (more than 1,000 reported on Tuesday) alongside low hospitalisation and death rates (53 and zero on Tuesday, respectively). The call for non-vaccinated people to get tested after their travels (whether inside Switzerland or abroad) comes as the vaccination rate has slowed after months of steady progress. As of Tuesday, 48.4% of the population has received two doses, or 69% of adults. This is lower than many other countries in Europe, and means there are “still enough non-immune people in Switzerland to...