Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Lugano. At the entrance of a shopping center, a latex medical glove and a plastic glove on the ground. Customers threw them to the floor as garbage . Due to the spread of the coronavirus (also called Covid-19), the Federal Council has categorised the situation in the country as “extraordinary”. From March 16 the government ramped up its response to the widening pandemic. Only businesses providing essential goods to the population – such as newsstands, grocery stores, bakeries and pharmacies – were to remain open. From April 27, most economic activities could reopen following tight sanitary regulations. 5.06.2020 © 2020 Didier Ruef