Last night, March 9th, a display of candles was lit in front of the municipality building in Nyon to honour those lost to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
A group of local citizens lit 25 candles in order to pay tribute to the memory of the deceased during the pandemic with each candle representing one person.
On the 13th of February 13 in front of the Château Saint-Maire in Lausanne the first initiative of this sort was taken. You can read more about it here, the article is in French.
You can read more about the initiative on the “coronamahnwache” website (in German).
I’m glad to see this. I appreciate how Living in Nyon is carrying on and developing. This matter of marking in some way the losses in this town is important. With so many expats, it can be hard to know how to establish community. In these times, this image speaks a thousand words. And twenty-five names.