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The Federal Council tightens the screw to avoid overloading hospitals. The Cantons will be responsible for carrying out the necessary checks.
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- Yannick Weber
It was expected, it's confirmed: from Monday, you will need a Covid certificate to go to restaurants and to a whole series of sporting and cultural events. On the carrot side, all the places that will only be accessible with the pass will be able to lift the other health measures. So the distance between the tables at the restaurant or the obligation to wear a mask when you get up or in concert halls is over.
But, on the other side, to enforce the measure, the Federal Council has drawn the threat of the stick: fines are provided for non-compliance with these rules. “Naturally”, people without a certificate who consume on terraces will be able to enter establishments to go to the toilet, wearing a mask.
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Note that the obligation is only valid from the age of 16 and is, for the moment, limited in time until January 24, 2022. It could be lifted earlier if the situation allows it.
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Up to CHF 10,000
For a customer seated in a restaurant without a certificate, it will be a fine of 100 francs. For restaurateurs or event organizers, a fine of up to 10,000 francs is also possible. And on the latter will also weigh the specter of a closure imposed by the authorities. "It will be up to the Cantons to carry out these checks," said Alain Berset during the press conference held on Wednesday afternoon.
At his side, Guy Parmelin assumed a certain turn of the screw, while refuting the creation of a “two-speed society”. “Non-vaccinated people will still be able to access all these places by taking tests, but they will have to bear the cost from October 1,” he recalled.
Too many non-immune people
For his part, Alain Berset insisted on this figure: there are more than 3 million non-immune people in Switzerland. To avoid overloading hospitals, this hardening was necessary, especially “as it will take two to three weeks for the measure to take effect”.
Is it not then risky to allow the lifting of sanitary measures in the places concerned by the certificate, knowing that it can happen that vaccinated people transmit the virus? “Zero risk does not exist”, recalled Alain Berset, noting nevertheless that vaccinated people have transmission risks which are largely reduced compared to those who are not.
