ZURICH: Switzerland removes quarantine rules and a work-from-home order, the decision to lift more curbs will be taken on Feb 16.
“The government has noted a positive development in the hospitals: Despite record-high infection figures, there has been no overloading and the occupancy of intensive care units has decreased further,” the government said in a statement.
“The reason for this is probably the high immunity of the population due to vaccination and earlier illnesses,” it added.
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is less likely to cause severe cases compared to earlier viral variants, it added.
“There are increasing signs that the acute crisis will soon be over and the endemic phase could begin,” the government said,
It would lift the requirement for people who test positive for COVID-19 to go into isolation for five days, saying the high numbers of infections had made the measure lose its importance.
