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According to the newspaper, tourists were forced to isolate themselves in their rooms for 10 days, but on Sunday, hotel staff informed authorities that the British had left the complex and were not answering calls.
Of the 420 Britons in quarantine, fewer than 10 remained at the hotel on Sunday.
At midnight on December 20, Swiss officials suspended flights to and from the UK following reports of a new strain of coronavirus spreading in the UK. Switzerland has also introduced a requirement for Britons in the country to be quarantined for at least 10 days from December 14.
On December 24, Swiss officials announced that UK residents, including those subject to quarantine, would be able to return to their homeland if they took all necessary measures and informed local officials of the transport that would be taking them home.
The director of the Verbier Tourism Board said the rules were hastily drafted and quite confusing. “We had very little information and we informed the tourists the best we could,” he said. “We called all the hotels, all the tour operators and told them that British travelers had to report to the Swiss authorities.”
The official added that most of the fleeing tourists may have thought they were not breaking the rules.
Some “missing” British tourists are believed to have gone to France. The ski lifts in France do not work in response to the pandemic measures, but the slopes are open and skiers can ski, climb and descend their skis.
Since December 20, many European countries have refused to allow travelers from the UK, London and southern England after tightening restrictions on a new strain of coronavirus. Experts estimate that the infectivity of the new virus strain is 70 percent. higher.
In Switzerland, more than 428,000 have been identified since the start of the pandemic. cases of coronary artery infection, more than 7 thousand. COVID-19 patients died. 317.6 thousand patients have already recovered.
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