Despite the lockdown, the ski areas in Austria are open.
A well-known winter sports resort on the Arlberg attracts young people who want to party despite the Corona.
Corona * incidents
caused a stir
in
Austria
in the last few days
.
In the winter sports resort of
St. Anton
, young people in particular use loopholes in the Corona rules and celebrate.
With
tricks
to ski tourists put on the
strict quarantine regulations
of time.
Flachau / St.
Anton - Like many other countries,
Austria is
currently in a strict
corona lockdown
.
But not everyone seems to take this situation seriously - including some vacationers.
Several Corona * outbreaks in the neighboring German country have caused a stir in recent days.
Corona in Austria: Party tourists in St. Anton celebrate après-ski without permission
The well-known winter sports resort
St. Anton
developed into a destination for
party tourists
.
“They come under the guise of looking for work,” said Mayor Helmut Mall, explaining the approach of the mostly young people.
Despite the mandatory
Corona quarantine *
, many of them traveled from Germany, Scandinavia or Great Britain - and were later to be found on the ski slope.
The
mayor is
anything but enthusiastic about
this development
.
"We don't want that," he clarified.
In total, Mall suspects more than 100 party tourists who are
not really looking for a job
.
Particularly bold: "Apparently tips are circulating on the Internet on how to
bypass bans
and get to St. Anton unmolested, namely by train from Zurich," said the mayor of the
Tyrolean daily
.
Corona in Austria: landlords accept guests despite the ban on accommodation
He was equally outraged by landlords who
accept guests
despite the
ban on
accommodation - and apparently give up second homes to young Danes, British and Swedes.
Mall: "There are photos where 30 to 40 party guests can be seen." The local
police also
confirmed that
après-
ski takes place at hay barn in the ski area.
In an information leaflet from the municipality, the mayor made it clear that "such facts and figures" cannot be tolerated.
He fears a blanket denigration of the place.
The deputy district captain Siegmund Geiger has now announced strict controls: “The police have already been commissioned.” The après-ski hustle and bustle endangers the place, which has “no corona cases” so far.
Lockdown in Austria: Ski course is developing into a corona cluster - 152 people in quarantine
A
Corona *
outbreak has
already occurred in
Flachau,
Austria
(Salzburger Land)
.
After a
ski instructor course
, a
corona cluster developed there
.
A total of 152 people are currently in quarantine.
The first six infections became known after the event last week.
Meanwhile, the number of infected people has risen to a total of 76 cases, as the
standard
reports.
Almost every second participant has now contracted the virus.
After the
corona outbreak
became known, all participants were quarantined and tested.
A total of 152 future ski instructors from Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands attended the course.
Austria: After a virus outbreak during a ski course - authorities are checking violations of corona measures
The health authorities are currently checking whether there were any violations of the
corona measures
at the event
.
Since the courses for winter sports enthusiasts are vocational training, they have so far been allowed to take place in Austria in a tough lockdown.
All the news about the corona situation in Austria is available in our news ticker.
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