Swiss Review 4/2020

Swiss Review / July 2020 / No.4 COVID-19 – a Swiss perspective Coronavirus in Switzerland – a story of discipline and of how much worse it could have been Some 2,000* people in Switzerland have died of COVID-19 – an undeniably heavy price. Tens of thousands have lost their jobs and futures. Hundreds of thousands will feel the effects of the pandemic on society and the economy for years to come. Nevertheless, many Swiss think it could have been worse. Time to make sense of it all. *) As of 1 July 2020 according to the analysis of the Statistics Office of the Canton of Zurich: 31,827 cases, 1,965 deceased 6 Focus