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Lausanne Cathedral's nightwatch Renato Hausler ring the bell "Clemence" to sound the alarm to call for mutual help and solidarity of the people against the coronavirus during the state of emergency of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, March 27, 2020. From this evening and for an indefinite period, the Lausanne Cathedral's nightwatch will sound the alarm manually, as in the Middle Ages. After the traditional announcement of the time, he will going to ring the bell manually for three minutes to call for mutual help and solidarity of the people of Lausanne against the coronavirus. Lausanne is one of last city in Europe to keep alive the tradition of the nightwatch, after the city suffered from many devastating medieval fires. Since 1405, every night between 10pm and 2am, the nightwatch shouts the hours to the four points of the compass, from the top of the Cathedral tower. (KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron)