All events with more than 1000 people are banned from now on and until at least 15 March in Switzerland. The Federal Council took this decision on Friday because of the coronavirus epidemic. « The government’s top priority is to protect the population, » Health Minister Alain Berset told the press. Over the past few days, cases have spread widely throughout the world and in particular in Switzerland’s neighboring countries, especially in Italy and Germany, where the situation is accelerating.