If you think you have the flu, don’t go into hospital of your own accord. Call your doctor if you’re in a high-risk group or have very serious flu symptoms.
Going into hospital
If you’re a patient in hospital or visiting a patient, it’s extremely important to following the personal hygiene rules. The hospital might also have additional rules, for example that you have to wear a surgical mask during a pandemic. To protect yourself and the people around you it’s important to follow these rules.
Accident and emergency department
Call your doctor if you’re in a high-risk group or have very serious flu symptoms. If you can’t reach your own doctor, call the emergency on-call doctor or the emergency number 144. Do not go to the hospital’s emergency department of your own accord.
Last modification 22.04.2020
Contact
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
Prevention and Healthcare Provision Directorate
Communicable Diseases Division
Schwarzenburgstrasse 157
3003
Bern
Switzerland
Tel.
+41 58 463 87 06