The Swiss Federal Government has been urged to drastically reduce the number of Omicron quarantine days as this could lead to a breakdown in the economic system due to reduced staffing. This applies to the duration of the isolation period also.
Business and Health Officials Urge the Swiss Government to Reduce the Omicron Quarantine Period
There has been a formal call from the Eastern Switzerland Health Directors to reduce the number of Omicron infection quarantine days as well as isolation days to be reduced from 10 to 5, according to Natalie Rickli of the Zurich Cantonal Health Center in a question session with Sonntag Publications. She explains that this is because there is a projection of around 40,000 fresh issues daily till January ends. If every one of them was isolated or quarantined continuously, it would lead to an overburden of the health sector and paralysis of all other sectors of the nation due to unavailable staff.
The health directors suggested in their petition to the president of the Swiss Confederation that people who have undergone 48-hour quarantine without infection signs should be released from quarantine. This is because there is a lesser incubation time for the Omicron variant than for other Covid-19 variants.
According to NZZ accounts, the doctors' president from Cantonal, Rudolf Hauri, is considering this suggestion. The main reason is that affected people do not stay infectious for longer periods like other Corona Virus variants. According to trusted sources, the Swiss government is also giving a positive consideration to the suggestion.
Delayed Quarantine Period Cut Could Lead to Economic Breakdown
Statistics from the Federal Office of Public Health show there were already around 90,000 isolated patients, and almost 28,500 others are undergoing quarantine. In addition, there were also calls from Switzerland's Business Federation for a cut in quarantine time to 5 days for people not showing signs. They explained that people needed to get back to work to avert the danger of an economic breakdown.
As of today, the USDCHF has risen to 0.92168 and there could be a further weakening of the Swiss franc if the decision to cut quarantine and isolation time is not taken soon.
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