Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Viganello. A customer is standing inside a newsstand. On the outside wall, an advertisement for Lusso ice cream, which is a Unilever ice cream brand in Switzerland. On a metallic cabinet, a green cannabis leaf is used as marketing tool for Edel Hemp Switzerland SA , a company which sells online and through vending machines products made from hemp, cannabis CBD, hemp flowers and its derivatives. Due to the spread of the coronavirus (also called Covid-19), the Federal Council has categorised the situation in the country as “extraordinary”. It has issued a recommendation to all citizens to stay at home, especially the sick and the elderly. From March 16 the government ramped up its response to the widening pandemic, ordering the closure of bars, restaurants, sports facilities and cultural spaces. Only businesses providing essential goods to the population – such as newsstands, grocery stores, bakeries and pharmacies – are to remain open. Viganello is a quarter of Lugano. 31.03.2020 © 2020 Didier Ruef