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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

Empfehlung des Bundesrates: Bleiben Sie zu Hause, insbesondere, wenn Sie alt oder krank sind

Information on the current situation in Switzerland

Information for health professionnals, FAQs, recommendations for travellers.

 
Official information page

Product information

Comirnaty® - Information for healthcare professionals (in German)

Comirnaty® - Patient information (in German)

COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna - Information for healthcare professionals (in German)

COVID-19-mRNA-Impfstoff (Nukleosid-modifiziert)

COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna - Patient information (in German) (PDF, 72 kB, 22.01.2021)

ZL000_00_044e_WL Guidance document Authorisation procedures for Covid-19 medicinal products during a pandemic (PDF, 179 kB, 01.03.2021)

Questions and answers on the packaging and labelling requirements for medicinal products intended to prevent or combat COVID-19 (PDF, 125 kB, 22.12.2020)

FOPH - Coronavirus: häufig gestellte Fragen (FAQ)

(www.bag.admin.ch)

All about the vaccines - briefly and concisely explained

Vaccines: Rapid solution for new diseases?

Swismedic - The way a vaccination works

How an mRNA vaccine works

How a vector vaccine works?

How a protein vaccine works

How is the safety of vaccines monitored?

Communication regarding COVID-19

16.04.2021

Potential nitrosamine contamination

Update – April 2021

14.04.2021

Out-of-Stock – COVID-19 – Authorisations for the temporary import and distribution of human medicines – Update

Licences in accordance with art. 22 para. 3 of the COVID 19 Ordinance 3

09.04.2021

Side effects of COVID-19 vaccines in Switzerland – update

1174 reports of suspected adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in Switzerland evaluated

09.04.2021

COVID-19 rapid self-tests: Validation, exemptions and dispensing

The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) checks the validation of COVID-19 rapid self-tests (also known as SARS-CoV-2 self-tests). These may be dispensed to private individuals only by pharmacies.

30.03.2021

Swissmedic approves new storage conditions for the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech

Thanks to simpler handling, Comirnaty® can now also be used outside vaccination centres

26.03.2021

Side effects of COVID-19 vaccines in Switzerland – update

862 reports of suspected adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in Switzerland evaluated

22.03.2021

COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson: Swissmedic approves the third vaccine against COVID-19

Application for authorisation submitted by Janssen-Cilag AG approved

15.03.2021

Swissmedic grants Lonza in Visp another establishment licence for the production of COVID-19 active substances

New production site approved for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

11.03.2021

Side effects of COVID-19 vaccines in Switzerland – update

597 reports of suspected adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in Switzerland evaluated

09.03.2021

COVID-19-Pandemie – Überprüfung der Konformität von medizinischen Gesichtsmasken

Landesweite Testkäufe bei Grossverteiler, Apotheken und Drogerien
https://www.swissmedic.ch/content/swissmedic/en/home/news/coronavirus-covid-19.html