Most of the 4000 appointments are assigned – TOP ONLINE
On Monday evening, the Zurich health department confirmed a message from the SRF regional journal Zurich-Schaffhausen at the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency. The health directorate wrote that there was a great demand for the vaccination for children. After eight hours, 90 percent of the 4,000 appointments were booked.
When the morning appointments were activated, there were delays due to technical problems. The appointments should be activated at 8 a.m. But it took until 8:30 a.m., as the health department announced on Twitter.
The canton now wants to offer more dates and place this on off-peak times and on Wednesday afternoons when many children have no school. However, it was too early for a reliable conclusion on the interest in the vaccinations, the health department stated.
Parents can also contact pediatricians about the vaccination. Sufficient vaccine is available. the practices could order it from the canton pharmacy, it said in the message. Pediatrician practices are “a central pillar in the implementation of child vaccinations,” wrote the health department.
Shorter quarantine for contact persons
Also on Monday, the canton of Zurich implemented the federal recommendation to shorten the quarantine for contact persons of infected people: People who have had close contact with a person infected with corona, when & still in quarantine for seven instead of ten days.
Other cantons will also implement the BAG recommendation on Monday, including all of the central Swiss cantons.