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Only a dozen British tourists stayed in Verbier of the 420 people who went to the Swiss ski paradise over the Christmas period. The others fled after Swiss authorities announced on December 21 that due to the emergence of a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus, all tourists who had arrived from Britain since December 14 were to be quarantined for ten days. since your arrival.
Upon hearing the news, he left immediately, others fled in disguise at night, risking a fine of 10,000 Swiss francs (more than three million to three hundred thousand florins).
Alain Berset, the Swiss Health Minister, also made a statement on the matter.
“We must not underestimate how impossible the situation was. We had hours to decide what to do. The fact that things don’t work out perfectly in a situation like this and problems arise is a reality we have to live with.”
Not only Verbier, but several other ski resorts have fled British tourists as well, including one of the best-known figures in the Brexit campaign, Andy Wigmore, who reported on his escape on Instagram.
Along with 420 tourists from Verbier, approximately 3,500 British skiers were able to travel to Switzerland over the Christmas period, many of whom were by car or train. Before the introduction of quarantine for the new variant, it seemed that the country’s ski havens would do well to introduce stricter measures in other European countries.
By the way, on Christmas Eve, the quarantine was partially lifted so that the British could return home, but only if they complied with the special rules for doing so and, among other things, informed the authorities of the means by which they were traveling home. I don’t know how many there were who escaped without problems and how many went home during the Christmas relay.
(Guardian)
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