Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a famous ski resort in the Bavarian Alps in the south.
But this city at the foot of the Zugspitze, the highest German peak, is the center of all attention in the media: it has become a place where the Covid-19 has quickly spread.
This Sunday, long queues formed near a swimming pool that has become, for health reasons, a screening center for the new coronavirus, according to the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
A 26-year-old "super-propagator" is said to have infected dozens of people by partying in the bars and pubs of the station.
Friday and Saturday, the official health services counted no less than 37 contaminations.
The German media estimated late Sunday afternoon, that they now amounted to 54. But we are probably far from the mark.
At least 24 of his compatriots infected
The young woman, a 26-year-old American, works at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, a US forces vacation and recreation center, which is only accessible to former US soldiers and their families.
Twenty-four colleagues or holidaymakers have already tested positive there, according to the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The American, who was returning from Greece, was tested on Tuesday.
She had mild symptoms that could be due to Covid-19.
She was to remain confined pending test results.
But the same evening she would have gone to a cocktail bar where she would have infected several people.
“If it is confirmed that the woman deliberately skipped quarantine despite obvious symptoms of the coronavirus, she should expect a heavy fine,” the Bavarian Minister of the Interior told the newspaper Münchner Merkur.
which could amount to 250,000 euros.
