FILE PHOTO: Alain Berset, Swiss Interior Minister attends the opening of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
VIENNA (Reuters) - Swiss people should consider dropping the everyday greeting of kissing each other on the cheeks, to avoid spreading the coronavirus, Switzerland's Health Minister Alain Berset said in remarks published on Sunday.
In Switzerland, as in neighbouring France, it is common for women and people of opposite sexes to greet each other with alternating kisses on both cheeks. The Swiss version generally involves an asymmetrical three in total, in contrast to the two more usual for 'la bise' (the kiss) across the border.
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