| CHF: | Swiss francs |
| EIDs: | Emerging infectious diseases |
| EU: | European Union |
| FDFA: | Federal Department of Foreign Affairs |
| FOPH: | Federal Office of Public Health |
| FSO: | Federal Statistical Office |
| GDP: | Gross domestic product |
| HUG: | Geneva University Hospitals |
| ICU: | Intensive care unit |
| IHR: | International Health Regulations |
| ISPM: | Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Bern |
| PHEIC: | Public Health Emergency of International Concern |
| SBB: | Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways) |
| SECO: | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs |
| SEIR: | Mathematical model: susceptible (S), exposed (E), infected (I), and recovered or removed (R) |
| SMEs: | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| WHO: | World Health Organization |