Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Lugano. An elderly woman wears a mask on the face to protect herself from the Coronavirus (also called Covid-19). She checks the latest news on her smartphone. On a Coop poster, the new campaign to earn a Coop Brico+Loisirs gift card or a set of gardening tools. Cars' parking. Due to the spread of the coronavirus, 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. The Federal Council (German: Bundesrat, French: Conseil fédéral, Italian: Consiglio federale, Romansh: Cussegl federal) is the seven-member executive council that constitutes the federal government of the Swiss Confederation. Coop is one of Switzerland's largest retail and wholesale companies. It is structured in the form of a cooperative society with around 2.5 million members. 17.03.2020 © 2020 Didier Ruef