Three groups representing emergency and rescue services called on the federal government to take immediate “coordinated measures to contain the second wave” a day after Switzerland registered a record number of new cases of the coronavirus. The Swiss Society of Emergency and Rescue Medicine, Switzerland Emergency Care and the Swiss Association of Paramedics – which together represent the majority of all emergency doctors, nurses and paramedics in the country – said on Saturday their members had been providing non-stop care since the beginning of the crisis, including operating emergency units, rescue services and test centres. Without support from the authorities, the groups warned, emergency workers may not be able to maintain essential services. The groups pointed to the physical and psychological toll the crisis was taking on their members, which they said could worsen if the government did not take uniform measures against the coronavirus across the country. A delay in...
