Tanja Stadler on the new coronavirus variant and preventive measures

As of 18 January, the Swiss Federal Council has tightened the measures in order to effectively combat infections with the coronavirus, and in particular, with the new, more aggressive variants. In Switzerland, in calendar week 2, 2-6 % of confirmed cases were caused by one of the new coronavirus variants. At the SRF programme “Puls”, Tanja Stadler explains the 10-day delay in numbers of confirmed cases and that detecting the new variant requires additional sequencing and takes 1 to 2 additional days.