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Coronavirus COVID-19

Have a heart for vaccination

28.06.2021
BAG vaccination campaign

A small jab with a big effect: the new vaccination campaign of the Federal Office of Public Health has been running for a few weeks now. In its support, ETH Zurich is launching its own campaign today, which will run primarily on social media.

Partial lifting of general face mask requirement

25.06.2021
Mask wearing requirements eased

The coronavirus situation continues to improve. The Executive Board has eased more restrictions in response to the Federal Council’s latest measures. The main change: wearing a face mask is no longer compulsory outdoors and only necessary indoors in certain circumstances. Events and sports activities are also possible again on a larger scale.

Daily research between crisis management and cultural change

10.06.2021
Members AVETH

The pandemic has changed many things - including the ways scientific staff communicate with each other. The "zoom-isation" of exchange opportunities has expanded networking and integration possibilities and supported a cultural change, say Rosa Visscher, Linda Wehner, Florentine Veenstra and Konstantinos Voulpiotis of the Scientific Staff Association AVETH.

ETH News about Health Sciences and Technology

“The term ‘artificial’ is often associated with risk”

18.06.2021 | Corinne Johannssen, Martina Märki

Is natural always good and artificial always bad? We talked to psychologist Angela Bearth and biotechnologist Sven Panke about science, scepticism, misunderstandings and how language influences the way we think.

“You can't cut corners”

18.06.2021 | Leo Herrmann

Elena Roos had a tough start in the world of professional sport, but her perseverance took her to the top of the international orienteering rankings. Even a global pandemic can’t stop this ETH alumna.

Understanding the evolution of viruses

11.06.2021 | Fabio Bergamin

Researchers at ETH Zurich have recreated a key step in the evolutionary history of viruses in a laboratory experiment. They succeeded in remodeling a natural protein to create capsids capable of storing genetic material.

Coronavirus COVID-19

Information on the coronavirus

The ETH task force headed by the Vice President for Infrastructure is monitoring developments in the coronavirus pandemic and will continue to draw up suitable measures as necessary. You can find constantly updated information on the coronavirus web page.

To ETH's coronavirus web page

Vital support for Swiss hospitals

The ETH Domain has set up a dedicated platform “Academic Resources for COVID” to coordinate their efforts. Read more

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