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The COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Switzerland on 25 February 2020 when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed following a COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
The actual death toll from COVID-19 is likely to be higher than the number of confirmed deaths – this is due to limited testing and challenges in the attribution of the cause of death. The difference between confirmed deaths and actual deaths varies by country. How COVID-19 deaths are determined and recorded may differ between countries.
COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country . By 14 November 2023, 17,015,053 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
It quickly spread across the globe and led to the COVID-19 pandemic. As SARS-CoV-2 was a new virus, most people's immune systems were not prepared for it. In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 million cases were recorded in Europe alone. Even in Switzerland, nearly everyone has come into contact with the coronavirus.
Coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), [5] a virus closely related to the SARS virus. [6] [7] [8] The disease is the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] [10] People who get the disease might get fever, dry cough, fatigue (tiredness), loss of taste or smell, and shortness of breath.
Nov 13, 2023 · Laboratory-confirmed cases, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, 13.11.2023 to 26.11.2023. The graph shows the laboratory-confirmed cases in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The published data is based on information submitted by laboratories, doctors and hospitals. It refers to the new reports we received and reviewed.