ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland will investigate ways to strengthen domestic COVID-19 vaccine and drug development and production, the government said on Wednesday, reacting as global demand far outstrips supply due to rising infections at home and abroad.
“The Interior Ministry will be tasked with working together with the Finance Ministry and Department of Economic Affairs to determine in what form the federal government can strengthen the development and production of COVID-19 medicines, including vaccines and treatment, in Switzerland,” the Swiss government said in a statement.
Officials in Bern added that changes to the country’s COVID-19 law last month have already provided flexibility for the government in boosting domestic production for the pandemic.
(Reporting by John Miller; editing by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi)
