Swiss rush to get haircuts, visit dentists as coronavirus curbs ease

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Haircuts, massages and shopping for garden supplies topped the agenda for Swiss as the country slowly started easing restrictions on public life imposed in March to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Reuters reports.

Leornard Brazzola, a dentist in Lausanne, said patients have to pay out of pocket for many treatments so were likely to postpone or cancel some non-essential dental work.

“We expect that everybody will be impacted by this crisis and that we will suffer the consequences for several months,” he said. “This is going to be a complicated year.”

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A client and barber Giuseppe Decarlo wear protective face masks at the Haarrock barber shop and tattoo studio on the opening day after the Swiss government eased the lockdown during Covid-19 outbreak in Zurich, Switzerland, April 27. — Reuters
A client and barber Giuseppe Decarlo wear protective face masks at the Haarrock barber shop and tattoo studio on the opening day after the Swiss government eased the lockdown during Covid-19 outbreak in Zurich, Switzerland, April 27. — Reuters

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