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UPDATED: Here’s how to register for the coronavirus vaccine in Zurich

Vaccine registrations are now available in Switzerland's most populous canton. Here's how to get your shot.

Published: 17 March 2021 19:59 CET
Updated: 7 April 2021 12:29 CEST
The Pfizer-Biontech vaccine up close and personal.
Photo: Christof STACHE / AFP

After a long wait, Zurich cantonal authorities opened up coronavirus registrations to the general public on March 29th.

On April 6th, vaccination centres opened in the canton. 

In the most cases, registration does not mean you can book an appointment just yet – but you can register your interest and you will be contacted when the jab is ready. 

Don’t live in Zurich? Here’s how to register in your Swiss canton

Registration does not guarantee speedier access to the jab. 

Cantonal authorities have said people in high risk categories will be prioritised. 

How can I register to be vaccinated in the canton of Zurich?

A link to the online platform will be made available at the cantonal health authority website sometime in late March.

The cantonal website is available here (in German).

People in high risk categories are however encouraged to discuss the vaccination with their doctor as soon as possible.

There are an estimated 240,000 high-risk people in Zurich.

Switzerland will decide who has access to the vaccine according to the following priority list.

Zurich 26th of 26 cantons on vaccine percentage

Zurich, Switzerland’s most populous canton, is currently lagging behind the rest of the country when it comes to vaccines. 

As at March 17th, Switzerland’s nationwide average is 15.02 percent of the population receiving one shot of the vaccine. 

Schaffhausen (17.46), Grisons (17.40), Glarus (17.26) and Basel Country (17.25) are the only other cantons to have crossed 17 percent. 

READ MORE: Why has Zurich’s coronavirus vaccination plan been delayed?

At the other end of the scale is Zurich, with 12.86 percent of people with one shot of the vaccine. Zurich has still managed to vaccinate just under 200,000 people (197,925), the highest number of any canton in Switzerland. 

 

Member comments

  1. The 12.86% is the delivered vaccine doses figure. Shots in arms is 10.77% and these people aren’t fully vaccinated as they still need another shot so this is misleading. Clean it up, guys.

  2. Your stated nationwide average of the population vaccinated is way off. It is not 15.02 percent. Less than 10 percent have been vaccinated.

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Public Health Agency recommends two Covid doses next year for elderly

Sweden's Public Health Agency is recommending that those above the age of 80 should receive two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine a year, once in the spring and once in the autumn, as it shifts towards a longer-term strategy for the virus.

Published: 23 December 2022 10:53 CET
Public Health Agency recommends two Covid doses next year for elderly

In a new recommendation, the agency said that those living in elderly care centres, and those above the age of 80 should from March 1st receive two vaccinations a year, with a six month gap between doses. 

“Elderly people develop a somewhat worse immune defence after vaccination and immunity wanes faster than among young and healthy people,” the agency said. “That means that elderly people have a greater need of booster doses than younger ones. The Swedish Public Health Agency considers, based on the current knowledge, that it will be important even going into the future to have booster doses for the elderly and people in risk groups.” 

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People between the ages of 65 and 79 years old and young people with risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes, poor kidney function or high blood pressure, are recommended to take one additional dose per year.

The new vaccination recommendation, which will start to apply from March 1st next year, is only for 2023, Johanna Rubin, the investigator in the agency’s vaccination programme unit, explained. 

She said too much was still unclear about how long protection from vaccination lasted to institute a permanent programme.

“This recommendation applies to 2023. There is not really an abundance of data on how long protection lasts after a booster dose, of course, but this is what we can say for now,” she told the TT newswire. 

It was likely, however, that elderly people would end up being given an annual dose to protect them from any new variants, as has long been the case with influenza.

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