Vaccinations are beginning to gather pace. Figures from the Federal Health Office show 2% of the population have now had both shots.
The vaccination rate is up 5% on the previous week and now over 19,000 are getting either the first or second shot every day.
So far 676,000 vaccinations have been carried out – and 174,000 have had both shots.
Nearly 200,000 doses are available – either already with the cantons or being stored federally.
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