Veterinary Public Health Institute

Completed Projects

Epidemiological analysis of COVID-19

Epidemiological analysis of COVID-19 in Switzerland and identification of risk factors for severe outcomes in hospitalized patients in Switzerland

Staff involved: Beatriz Vidondo, Brian Friker, Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Gertraud Schüpbach

Duration: 2020 – ongoing

Working together with the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and the University of Geneva, the VPHI team is doing epidemiological analysis of the data from COVID-19 positive patients hospitalized in the hospitals constituting the Swiss Hospital based surveillance (CH-SUR), producing reports on the evolution of COVID-19 infections in Switzerland, based on the CH-SUR and supporting the FOPH in specific requests for data analysis.