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And the marmot greets you every day: Employees at the Kitzloch bar in Ischgl tested positive for Corona

2021-12-27T20:09:06.710Z


And the marmot greets you every day: Employees at the Kitzloch bar in Ischgl tested positive for Corona Created: 12/27/2021, 9:00 PM From: Bettina Menzel The Kitzloch bar in Ischgl. © Eibner-Pressefoto / EXPA / Groder / Eibner Europa / Imago An employee of the “Kitzloch” bar in Ischgl tested positive for the corona virus. Guests who were in the restaurant on December 23rd and 24th are asked to


And the marmot greets you every day: Employees at the Kitzloch bar in Ischgl tested positive for Corona

Created: 12/27/2021, 9:00 PM

From: Bettina Menzel

The Kitzloch bar in Ischgl.

© Eibner-Pressefoto / EXPA / Groder / Eibner Europa / Imago

An employee of the “Kitzloch” bar in Ischgl tested positive for the corona virus.

Guests who were in the restaurant on December 23rd and 24th are asked to be tested.

Ischgl - “I think it's starting again!

That mustn't be true, ”sings Roland Kaiser in a famous hit that was often heard through the loudspeakers of the bars in Ischgl in what was once the après-ski era.

On Monday afternoon (December 27th) the state of Tyrol announced that an employee of the “Kitzloch” bar in Ischgl had tested positive for the corona virus.

This is the first official case in an Ischgl company in the 2021/22 season.

The Kitzloch reported the first official Corona case in Ischgl as early as 2020.

Employees at the “Kitzloch” bar in Ischgl tested positive for Corona

A service employee at the Ischgler Bar “Kitzloch” tested positive for the corona virus last week.

Guests who were in the bar on December 23rd or 24th are asked to take a PCR test.

The state of Tyrol announced this on Monday afternoon.

Accordingly, there were a few days between the positive test result and the information to the public.

People who were in the bar during the affected period should also pay attention to their state of health, keep their distance, avoid crowds and wear an FFP2 mask, the state of Tyrol said.

The code LA-Call-Kitzloch-27122021 is assigned to the case.

With this code, those affected can register for the PCR test via the link "Tirol tests".

Consumer advocate announces "to closely monitor events"

In Ischgl, due to the current Corona measures, only those who have been vaccinated or recovered are allowed to use the ski lifts and stop in restaurants and cafes. The 2G certificates are checked in restaurants, hotels and when the ski pass is purchased. In addition, when guests arrive at a café or restaurant, they have to register and check in using a QR code. This is supposed to be used for contact tracking. The consumption of food and drinks is only possible with an assigned seat. This put a stop to classic après-ski, and clubs and discos remain closed. In addition, guests are not allowed to sit directly at the bar.

Peter Kolba, the head of the Austrian consumer protection association, has doubts about the effectiveness of the measures due to the current report from the "Kitzloch": "Why do you have to be publicly requested to test when it would be possible to do so much faster with the mandatory guest registration?" Asks Kolba on Monday afternoon in a broadcast, as the German press agency announced. “Hasn't a guest registration been carried out in Kitzloch? Was the positive sample also sequenced on Omikron? With what result? “, The consumer advocate wants to know further. The consumer protection association also announced that it would be observing the events very closely and "again to take legal action if one in Tyrol is again due to the priority of tourism income over the health of people,should trigger a hotspot. "

This is what it once looked like in the “Kitzloch”.

Currently, guests in Ischgl are not allowed to sit directly at the bar due to the Corona measures, which is why extra tables have been placed between the bar and the bar stool in the “Kitzloch”.

© Eibner-Pressefoto / EXPA / Groder / Eibner Europa / Imago

"Kitzloch": The first official Corona case in Ischgl as early as 2020

The "Kitzloch" reported the first official Corona case in Ischgl as early as 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic.

Now the bar is continuing this involuntary tradition in the 2021/2022 season.

Only a few days passed in 2020 from the notification of the first official Corona case in a company to the end of the entire ski season. On March 9, 2020, after the positive test became known, the authorities initially closed the “Kitzloch” bar in Ischgl, and then all après-ski bars on March 10. Other catering establishments that were not registered as après-ski bars were initially allowed to remain open. They too had to close on March 13th - Ischgl and other places were quarantined. The 2020/2021 season was completely canceled in Ischgl, the lifts were completely shut down for the first time.

Now it remains to be seen what consequences the positive Corona case in "Kitzloch" will have for the 2021/22 season. Ischgl is an international focus, at the beginning of the pandemic it was considered one of Europe's hubs for the coronavirus. Experts saw errors in the corona crisis management in the winter sports resort in 2020, and numerous lawsuits followed.

Austria had last lifted the curfew for New Year's Eve.

About a week later, the government rowed back due to the Omikron variant of the coronavirus and set the curfew for restaurants at 10 p.m. (previously 11 p.m.).

This earlier curfew applies from Monday, December 27th, and also includes New Year's Eve.

An inquiry from

Merkur.de

to the tourist office in Ischgl revealed that the New Year's Eve fireworks in Ischgl should take place as planned and the current conditions (as of December 27) do not include curfews for New Year's Eve.

Source: merkur

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