Swiss MP Beat Flach, right, wearing a protective face mask speaks with MP Leonore Porchet during the autumn session of the Swiss parliament with new glass dividers in place and pandemic-related legislation up for debate, amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Bern. AFP

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