Men and women of all age groups and children from the age of five are randomly selected throughout Switzerland. A total of more than 50,000 participants are expected. This is how the procedure looks like for a person being tested.
From request to result
Investigated population
- Employees of food retailer
- Employees of public transport
- Employees of the post office
- Employees of Textile Care Services
- Clinical staff
- School staff
- Spitex personnel
- Employees in nursing homes
- Health care workers
- Employees at children's hospital
- Employees of health facilities
- Asylum seekers
- People with opioid agonist therapy
- People who are taking preventive medication against HIV infection
- Nursing home residents
- People tested positive for COVID-19 and their close contacts
- Contacts of positively tested COVID-19 patients
- School children between 5 and 16 years
- Randomly selected people, between 5 and 100 years
Numbers that are worth seeing.
Corona Immunitas shows how many people in the general population and certain occupational and population groups have become infected with SARS-CoV-2 and how the pandemic is progressing throughout Switzerland and in selected institutions such as schools and nursing homes.
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Test persons - voluntarily place themselves in the service of science and have their blood tested for antibodies.
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Individual studies - Corona Immunitas is organized in such a way that the participating universities and health organizations can conduct additional studies and data if required.
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Swiss universities and health organizations - are implementing the Corona Immunitas program at national level in a coordinated and committed manner.
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All relevant papers about Corona Immunitas can be downloaded here as PDF files.
