This year the Ticino Banking Association (ABT) turns 100. We interview the director Franco Citterio, to understand what challenges the cantonal financial centre faces.

Todays meeting discussed information from Bern on the situation linked to the coronavirus emergency. Present were: Virginie Masserey, who deals with infectious diseases at the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Rudolf Hauri, president of the Cantonal Doctors Association, Martin Ackermann, president of the Covid-19 Science Task Force, and Boris Zürcher , Head of Labor Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

A study by Ben Gurion University has reported that the effects of the pandemic have increased anxiety and insomnia in mothers. About 80% report suffering from worry at high levels, and 23% from insomnia, compared to 11% pre-pandemic. published in the Journal of Sleep Research.

CdT onthespot reached out to Fabio Regazzi, president of the Associazione Industrie Ticinesi (AITI).

The situation in Switzerland is not isolated from the European context. The search for solutions is ongoing and a common discussion, Paolo Galli from CdT ‘onthespot’ met with Biologist and Author Barbara Gallavotti to dicuss her views and the current state of art in the fight against coronavirus