As of this week, Covid-19 home testing kits can be obtained free of charge in pharmacies, five tests per person and month. The test offensive aims to interrupt the chain of infection as far as possible and thus reduce the R-value.
The drive-in testing facility in Schönried will open for the last time on Saturday, 3 April. After that, people will have to go to the hospital in Zweisimmen or to the drive-in testing facility in Thun for PCR tests.
The Federal Council again allows indoor meetings with family and friends for up to ten people. The risk of an uncontrolled increase in the number of cases is too big for further openings, they argue.
