According to TASS, citizens are invited to vote for the adoption of amendments to the law on combating the coronavirus pandemic, according to which, from September 13, a QR code system for visiting restaurants, cinemas, swimming pools, fitness centers, as well as major cultural and sports centers will operate in Switzerland. activities.
It is noted that Switzerland became the first country in the world where the relevant issue was put to a vote.
Opponents of the introduction of QR codes believe that the adoption of such norms is an encroachment on individual freedoms and an indirect compulsion to vaccination.
Previously, scientists have identified a new strain of coronavirus in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, which could potentially become the most dangerous variant of COVID-19.
It was named B.1.1.529 and has an "incredibly high" number of mutations.
A number of states have suspended flights with South African countries in connection with the identification of a new strain of coronavirus infection.