Firms’ participation in the Swiss COVID-19 loan programme by Lucas Marc Fuhrer, Marc-Antoine Ramelet, Jörn Tenhofen

“…Abstract This paper analyses the determinants of firm participation in the Swiss COVID-19 loan programme, which aims to bridge firms’ liquidity shortfalls that have resulted from the pandemic. …”
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The SwissCovid Digital Proximity Tracing App after one year: Were expectations fulfilled?   by Paola Daniore, Tala Ballouz, Dominik Menges, Viktor von Wyl

“…First launched in Switzerland on 25 June 2020, the SwissCovid digital proximity tracing app has now been in use for more than one year. …”
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In the eye of the hurricane: the Swiss COVID-19 pandemic stepwise shutdown approach in organ donation and transplantation by Franz F Immer, Christian Benden, Andreas Elmer, Nathalie Krügel, Susanne Nyfeler, Mathias Nebiker, Markus J Wilhelm, Cédric Hirzel, National Committee for Organ Donation (CNDO), Medical Committee (CM), Swisstransplant Infectious Diseases Working Group (STAI)

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Individual-Level Evaluation of the Exposure Notification Cascade in the SwissCovid Digital Proximity Tracing App: Observational Study by Tala Ballouz, Dominik Menges, Hélène E Aschmann, Ruedi Jung, Anja Domenghino, Jan S Fehr, Milo A Puhan, Viktor von Wyl

“…Although several DPT apps, including SwissCovid, have shown to have promising effects on mitigating the pandemic, several challenges have impeded them from fully achieving the desired results. …”
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Therapeutic anticoagulation to prevent thrombosis, coagulopathy, and mortality in severe COVID‐19: The Swiss COVID‐HEP randomized clinical trial by Marc Blondon, Sara Cereghetti, Jérôme Pugin, Christophe Marti, Pauline Darbellay Farhoumand, Jean‐Luc Reny, Alexandra Calmy, Christophe Combescure, Lucia Mazzolai, Olivier Pantet, Zied Ltaief, Marie Méan, Sara Manzocchi Besson, Séverin Jeanneret, Hans Stricker, Helia Robert‐Ebadi, Pierre Fontana, Marc Righini, Alessandro Casini

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Resuming Swallowing and Oral Feeding in Tracheostomized COVID-19 Patients: Experience of a Swiss COVID-Center and Narrative Literature Review by Ruben Forni, Etienne Jacot, Giovanni Ruoppolo, Antonio Amitrano, Adam Ogna

“…With this article, we aim to share the experience of a Swiss COVID-19 Center and to draw up a narrative review on the issues concerning the management of the tracheostomy cannula during swallowing resumption, integrating the most recent evidence from the literature with the clinical experiences of the professionals directly involved in the management of tracheostomized COVID-19 patients. …”
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Using Venn Diagrams to Evaluate Digital Contact Tracing: Panel Survey Analysis by Paola Daniore, Vasileios Nittas, André Moser, Marc Höglinger, Viktor von Wyl

“…MethodsWe assessed data from 4 survey waves (December 2020 to March 2021) from a nationwide panel study (COVID-19 Social Monitor) of Swiss residents who were (1) nonusers of the SwissCovid app, (2) users of the SwissCovid app, or (3) users of the SwissCovid app who received exposure notifications. …”
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Performance of the Swiss Digital Contact-Tracing App Over Various SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves: Repeated Cross-sectional Analyses by Paola Daniore, Vasileios Nittas, Tala Ballouz, Dominik Menges, André Moser, Marc Höglinger, Petra Villiger, Krisztina Schmitz-Grosz, Viktor Von Wyl

“…Following receipt of an exposure notification from the SwissCovid app, 58% (37/64, Alpha), 44% (7/16, Delta), and 73% (27/37, Omicron) of app users sought testing or performed self-tests. …”
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Interplay of Digital Proximity App Use and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Switzerland: Analysis of Two Population-Based Cohort Studies by Paola Daniore, Paola Daniore, André Moser, Marc Höglinger, Nicole Probst Hensch, Nicole Probst Hensch, Medea Imboden, Medea Imboden, Thomas Vermes, Thomas Vermes, Dirk Keidel, Dirk Keidel, Murielle Bochud, Natalia Ortega Herrero, Natalia Ortega Herrero, Stéphanie Baggio, Stéphanie Baggio, Patricia Chocano-Bedoya, Patricia Chocano-Bedoya, Nicolas Rodondi, Nicolas Rodondi, Stefano Tancredi, Cornelia Wagner, Stéphane Cullati, Stéphane Cullati, Silvia Stringhini, Silvia Stringhini, Semira Gonseth Nusslé, Caroline Veys-Takeuchi, Claire Zuppinger, Erika Harju, Erika Harju, Erika Harju, Gisela Michel, Irène Frank, Christian R. Kahlert, Christian R. Kahlert, Emiliano Albanese, Luca Crivelli, Luca Crivelli, Sara Levati, Rebecca Amati, Marco Kaufmann, Marco Geigges, Tala Ballouz, Anja Frei, Jan Fehr, Jan Fehr, Viktor von Wyl, Viktor von Wyl, Viktor von Wyl

“…Failure time analyses and Cox proportional hazards regression models were conducted to assess vaccine uptake and digital proximity tracing app (SwissCovid) uninstalling outcomes.Results: We observed a dichotomy of individuals who did not use the SwissCovid app and did not get vaccinated, and who used the SwissCovid app and got vaccinated during the study period. …”
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Digital Contact Tracing in Switzerland: A Computer-Assisted Qualitative Analysis by Viktor Suter

“…We conducted semi-structured qualitative expert interviews with representatives of federal and cantonal agencies, as well as the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force, to explore their opinions and viewpoints on the implementation of SwissCovid, a contact tracing application deployed by the Swiss government. …”
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Drivers of Acceptance of COVID-19 Proximity Tracing Apps in Switzerland: Panel Survey Analysis by von Wyl, Viktor, Höglinger, Marc, Sieber, Chloé, Kaufmann, Marco, Moser, André, Serra-Burriel, Miquel, Ballouz, Tala, Menges, Dominik, Frei, Anja, Puhan, Milo Alan

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the coverage of the SwissCovid app and the reasons for its nonuse in Switzerland during a period of increasing incidence of COVID-19 cases. …”
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Measurement-based evaluation of Google/Apple Exposure Notification API for proximity detection in a commuter bus. by Douglas J Leith, Stephen Farrell

“…Applying the rule used by the Swiss Covid-19 contact tracing app to trigger an exposure notification to our bus measurements we find that no exposure notifications would have been triggered despite the fact that all pairs of handsets were within 2m of one another for at least 15 mins. …”
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Surgery for non-Covid-19 patients during the pandemic. by Martin Hübner, Tobias Zingg, David Martin, Philippe Eckert, Nicolas Demartines

“…<h4>Results</h4>After the first Swiss Covid-19 case appeared on February 25, progressively restrictive measures were taken over a period of 23 days. …”
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Self-Focused and Other-Focused Health Concerns as Predictors of the Uptake of Corona Contact Tracing Apps: Empirical Study by Fenne große Deters, Tabea Meier, Anne Milek, Andrea B Horn

“…We measured the uptake of two decentralized contact tracing apps officially launched by governments (Corona-Warn-App, Germany; SwissCovid, Switzerland), as well as concerns regarding COVID-19 and control variables. …”
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The long-term effect of COVID-19 policy stringency on consumer food demand quantities in Switzerland by Christian Ritzel, Gabriele Mack, Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor

“…To capture the stringency of Swiss COVID-19 policies, we relied on daily data from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. …”
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External Validation of the Modified 4C Deterioration Model and 4C Mortality Score for COVID-19 Patients in a Swiss Tertiary Hospital by Adriana Wirth, Andrea Goetschi, Ulrike Held, Ataman Sendoel, Melina Stuessi-Helbling, Lars Christian Huber

“…Here, we aimed to externally validate the modified (urea was omitted) 4C Deterioration Model and 4C Mortality Score in a cohort of Swiss COVID-19 patients and, second, to evaluate whether the inclusion of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) improves the predictive performance of the models. …”
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МІЖНАРОДНИЙ СИМПОЗІУМ «SMART LION 2020» ПО-НОВОМУ. COVID-19: РЕАЛІЇ ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ, 29 ВЕРЕСНЯ 2020 РОКУ by Oleh Danylyak, Iryna Stryiska

“…Оксана Соутер (канд. біол. наук, головний виконавчий директор компанії «Swiss Organic Solutions», Швейцарія) поділилася досвідом розпрацювання гаджету «Swiss Covid app» для відстеження ковідних пацієнтів, підняла етико-соціальні питання діджиталізації COVID-19. …”
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Social mixing and risk exposures for SARS-CoV-2 infections in elderly persons by Christina Haag, Marc Höglinger, André Moser, Oliver Hämmig, Milo Alan Puhan, Viktor von Wyl

“…METHODS The present study examined persons aged 65 years and older with respect to possible SARS-CoV-2 exposure risks using longitudinal panel data from the Swiss COVID-19 Social Monitor. The study used data from two assessments (survey “May” and survey “August”). …”
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A Risk Factor Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Animals in COVID-19-Affected Households by Evelyn Kuhlmeier, Tatjana Chan, Marina L. Meli, Barbara Willi, Aline Wolfensberger, Katja Reitt, Julia Hüttl, Sarah Jones, Grace Tyson, Margaret J. Hosie, Yury Zablotski, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann

“…This prospective study aimed to determine the SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in animals from Swiss COVID-19 households and to assess the potential risk factors for infection. …”
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