The Global COVID-19 Index (GCI) - Switzerland Dashboard

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Country Rank

161

Switzerland

Recovery Rank for 180 countries/regions

Country Rank

127

Switzerland

Recovery Rank for 184 countries/regions

COVID-19 Recovery Rating

2

Recovery Index
41.62
(Out of 100)

(100 = Best, 0 = Worst)

COVID-19 Recovery Rating

3

Recovery Index
48.32
(Out of 100)

(100 = Best, 0 = Worst)

COVID-19 Severity Rating

4

Severity Index
56.87
(Out of 100)

(0 = Best, 100 = Worst)

COVID-19 Severity Rating

3

Severity Index
52.94
(Out of 100)

(0 = Best, 100 = Worst)

Stringency Rating

N/A

(100 = Strictest Measures, 0 = No Measures)

Population

8,574,832

(Medium Density)

GNI per capita (US$)

84,450

(High income)

COVID-19 Recovery Rating Guide

5	Countries who have made the most progress in curtailing the spread of the pandemic and can be used as examples of best practices (Relative Rating)
4
3
2	Countries who are struggling to cope with the crisis and who may need to consider maintaining stringent non-pharmaceutical measures (Relative Rating)
1

COVID-19 Severity Rating Guide

1	Countries who are coping with the crisis with a low percentage of infections and resulting deaths per population (Relative Rating)
2
3	Countries who may be overwhelmed by the crisis with a high percentage of infections and resulting deaths per population (Relative Rating)
4
5

Travel Advisory

Switzerland - published 21.12.2021

1. Passengers are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to: - nationals and residents of Liechtenstein and Switzerland; - passengers with a "D" visa issued by Switzerland; - nationals and residents of EEA Member States; - passengers arriving from Schengen Member States; - passengers arriving from Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Hong Kong (SAR China), Indonesia, Ireland (Rep.), Korea (Rep.), Kuwait, Macao (SAR China), Monaco, New Zealand, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay or Vatican City (Holy See). If they transit through other countries, they must stay in the international transit area of the airport; - spouses, registered partners, children under 21 years, grandchildren under 21 years, dependent children, dependent grandchildren, dependent parents or dependent grandparents of nationals of EEA Member States. They must present proof of their relationship; - passengers with proof of being spouses, registered partners, children under 21 years, grandchildren under 21 years, dependent children, dependent grandchildren, dependent parents or dependent grandparents of "British Citizens", "British Overseas Territories Citizens" from Gibraltar or British nationals with a Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode issued by the United Kingdom, who have a residence permit issued by Switzerland: - with reference to the CH-UK agreement form 25 February 2019; or - issued before 1 January 2021; - unmarried partners of residents of Switzerland. They must have a written invitation from the residents in Switzerland and present proof of their relationship; - passengers arriving from countries other than Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at most 12 months before arrival. Vaccines accepted are AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm and Sinovac. More details can be found at https://tinyurl.com/hyk4cbj7 ; - unvaccinated passengers younger than 18 years if they are traveling with their fully vaccinated parents/guardians; - merchant seamen; - military personnel with a letter issued by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland or the Federal Department of Defense of Switzerland. 2. Passengers are not allowed to transit if arriving from a non-Schengen Member State to another Schengen Member State. - This does not apply to: - nationals and residents of EEA Member States and Switzerland; - passengers arriving from Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Hong Kong (SAR China), Indonesia, Ireland (Rep.), Korea (Rep.), Kuwait, Macao (SAR China), Monaco, New Zealand, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay or Vatican City (Holy See). If they transit through other countries, they must stay in the international transit area of the airport; - spouses, registered partners, children under 21 years, grandchildren under 21 years, dependent children, dependent grandchildren, dependent parents or dependent grandparents of nationals of EEA Member States and Switzerland. They must present proof of their relationship; - passengers with a "D" visa issued by a Schengen Member State they are traveling to; - passengers arriving from countries other than Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at most 12 months before arrival. Vaccines accepted are AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm and Sinovac. More details can be found at https://tinyurl.com/hyk4cbj7 ; 3. Passengers must have: - a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point; or - a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test taken at most 24 hours before departure from the first embarkation point. - This does not apply to passengers younger than 16 years. 4. Passengers must complete an "Electronic Passenger Locator Form" (ePLF) found at https://swissplf.admin.ch/home 5. Passengers could be subject to quarantine for 10 days. A list of quarantine exemptions can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yjn3csr7

Travel Advisory information provided and published with permission by IATA. (Timatic COVID-19 Alerts Service has been discontinued on 1/1/2022, please refer this page for latest travel advisory)

1. Passengers are not allowed to enter. - This does not apply to: - nationals and residents of Liechtenstein and Switzerland; - passengers with a "D" visa issued by Switzerland; -
nationals and residents of EEA Member States; - passengers arriving from Schengen Member States; - passengers arriving from Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bulgaria,
Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Hong Kong (SAR China), Indonesia, Ireland (Rep.), Korea (Rep.), Kuwait, Macao (SAR China), Monaco, New Zealand, Peru,
Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay or Vatican City (Holy See). If they transit through other countries, they must stay in the
international transit area of the airport; - spouses, registered partners, children under 21 years, grandchildren under 21 years, dependent children, dependent grandchildren,
dependent parents or dependent grandparents of nationals of EEA Member States. They must present proof of their relationship; - passengers with proof of being spouses, registered
partners, children under 21 years, grandchildren under 21 years, dependent children, dependent grandchildren, dependent parents or dependent grandparents of "British Citizens",
"British Overseas Territories Citizens" from Gibraltar or British nationals with a Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode issued by the United Kingdom, who have a
residence permit issued by Switzerland: - with reference to the CH-UK agreement form 25 February 2019; or - issued before 1 January 2021; - unmarried partners of residents of
Switzerland. They must have a written invitation from the residents in Switzerland and present proof of their relationship; - passengers arriving from countries other than
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at most 12 months
before arrival. Vaccines accepted are AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm and Sinovac. More details
can be found at https://tinyurl.com/hyk4cbj7 ; - unvaccinated passengers younger than 18 years if they are traveling with their fully vaccinated parents/guardians; - merchant
seamen; - military personnel with a letter issued by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland or the Federal Department of Defense of Switzerland.

2. Passengers are not allowed to transit if arriving from a non-Schengen Member State to another Schengen Member State. - This does not apply to: - nationals and residents of EEA
Member States and Switzerland; - passengers arriving from Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Hong Kong (SAR
China), Indonesia, Ireland (Rep.), Korea (Rep.), Kuwait, Macao (SAR China), Monaco, New Zealand, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates,
Uruguay or Vatican City (Holy See). If they transit through other countries, they must stay in the international transit area of the airport; - spouses, registered partners,
children under 21 years, grandchildren under 21 years, dependent children, dependent grandchildren, dependent parents or dependent grandparents of nationals of EEA Member States
and Switzerland. They must present proof of their relationship; - passengers with a "D" visa issued by a Schengen Member State they are traveling to; - passengers arriving from
countries other than Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at
most 12 months before arrival. Vaccines accepted are AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm and Sinovac.
More details can be found at https://tinyurl.com/hyk4cbj7 ;

3. Passengers must have: - a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point; or - a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test taken
at most 24 hours before departure from the first embarkation point. - This does not apply to passengers younger than 16 years.

4. Passengers must complete an "Electronic Passenger Locator Form" (ePLF) found at https://swissplf.admin.ch/home

5. Passengers could be subject to quarantine for 10 days. A list of quarantine exemptions can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yjn3csr7

Travel Advisory information provided and published with permission by IATA. (Timatic COVID-19 Alerts Service has been discontinued on 1/1/2022, please refer this page for latest travel advisory)

Switzerland Infection Trend

How can you tell if a curve is really flattening?

The number of daily confirmed cases has been used as an estimation of how severe the COVID-19 situation is in a given country. However, we’ve found that focusing on the country’s cumulative number of active cases gives a clearer picture of whether the infection curve is flattening.

Countries with Similar Characteristics

This table is generated by a GCI-developed tool to match countries based on their similar characteristics such as population, population density, income and climate.

Country	Recovery Index	Recovery Index	Population	Density	GNI per capita	Average Temperature since First Case (Celsius)	Match%
Switzerland	48.32	41.62	8,574,832	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg
Austria	34.46	33.06	8,877,067	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg	100%
Denmark	60.27	54.63	5,818,553	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg	100%
Estonia	34.34	41.29	1,326,590	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg	100%
Ireland	66.93	61.79	4,941,444	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg	100%
Latvia	30.93	23.77	1,912,789	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg	100%
Lithuania	52.32	50.69	2,786,844	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg	100%
Slovakia	65.08	72.52	5,454,073	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg	100%
Slovenia	29.28	27.48	2,087,946	Medium Density	High income	< 10 deg	100%
Croatia	60.06	64.27	4,067,500	Medium Density	High income	11-20 deg	85%
Hungary	56.94	57.56	9,769,949	Medium Density	High income	11-20 deg	85%

GCI Recovery Forecast

The GCI Recovery Forecasting methodology relies on a Monte Carlo simulation model as we recognise that the factors that contribute to an increase / decrease in confirmed COVID19 cases are highly variable and subject to various localised circumstances and interventions. The P10 / P50 / P90 are probabilities assigned to the forecasts, with P10 being highly optimistic, and P90 being very conservative on recovery and reduction in cases. The forecast model is updated daily based on the latest case data.

Forecast Results:

Situation May Improve. The GCI Model indicates that the situation has a small probability of recovery, but there is insufficient evidence to suggest that the recovery trend will improve significantly in the near future.