Bern — Being famously wealthy, a model for efficiency and punctuality and having a big pharmaceuticals industry is no guarantee of success when it comes to the coronavirus vaccination drive.

The EU’s procurement saga has dominated headlines, but neighbouring Switzerland is facing a similar predicament. With shops, theatres and restaurants closed and a public desperate for respite, authorities in the capital of Bern were not offering Covid-19 immunisation appointments at the weekend. There simply was not enough vaccine...

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