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The Federal Council wants to further develop the electronic patient dossier

29 April 2022

The Federal Council wants to further develop the electronic patient dossier

With the lifting of all measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the extraordinary situation under the Epidemics Act also ended on 1 April 2022 and the situation returned to normal. Despite the stabilization of the situation, it can be assumed that seasonal waves of illness with Sars-CoV-2 will continue to occur in the future. The Federal Council would therefore like to ensure that specific instruments for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic remain available to the Confederation beyond 2022. At its meeting on 27 April 2022, it thus decided to apply to Parliament for a selective extension of the Covid-19 Act until summer 2024, for instance for the development of Covid-19 medicines, for the issuing of Covid certificates, especially for travel abroad, or for the coverage of the costs for tests. The proposals are now in consultation with the cantons until 9 May 2022; the adoption of the message is planned before the summer session.

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