In Switzerland, Britons in quarantine at ski resort flee

 

They have used great means. Some 200 British holidaymakers forced to respect a ten-day quarantine in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier have fled clandestinely in favor of the night, the municipality said Sunday, December 27, 2020. About 200 of the approximately 420 British holidaymakers stricken in Verbier by the quarantine measures imposed by the Swiss government on travelers coming from Britain since December 14, have taken to the skies, the newspaper reported. Sunday newspaper.

The upscale resort of Verbier, very popular with British customers, hoped to welcome thousands of skiers from Great Britain, but the discovery of the new British variant of the novel coronavirus has shattered those hopes. Some British tourists staying in Verbier left immediately, but others decided to stay a little longer, explained the communications officer for the municipality of Bagnes, Jean-Marc Sandoz. Many remained in quarantine for a day before fleeing in favor of the night, he told the ATS news agency.

“We can’t blame them”

“It was when they saw that the meal trays remained intact that the hoteliers noticed that the customers had left,” said Jean-Marc Sandoz. “We can’t blame them. In most cases, the quarantine was untenable, ”he explains. The tourists left “a little angry with Switzerland” and with the feeling of having been “trapped”, added Jean-Marc Sandoz.

British tourists normally represent 21% of the clientele of this Valais resort, voted the best ski resort in Switzerland for the past two years. Two cases of the new British variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Switzerland and one in neighboring Liechtenstein, the Swiss Ministry of Health said on Sunday. Two cases of the South African variant have also been reported.

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