It's also a highly federal democracy, with Cantons being considered "sovereign"[0]. So it's not to be taken lightly that the federal government has taken such s

It's also a highly federal democracy, with Cantons being considered "sovereign"[0]. So it's not to be taken lightly that the federal government has taken such steps. Several questions in the press conference have been about the Cantons specifically[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland#Constitutions_and_powers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland#Constit... [1] https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov.html https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-...