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 * Change the data source for Switzerland to draw data from the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
 * Updated the package logo to include the newly supported data sets.
 * Reduced the number of package dependencies (@bisaloo and @RichardMN)
+* Added tests for JSON download code (@RichardMN).
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 ## Bug fixes
 
 - Fixed a bug in the data sourced from Germany so that instead of treating it as a line list of individuals it is treated as a relatively finely resolved count data which needs to be summed up (by @sbfnk).