The ski festival brought the virus to 46 countries. Four have now been identified as suspects.

Four people have been identified as suspects after one of Europe’s largest individual outbreaks in Ischgl.

The first to realize that something was seriously wrong were the doctors in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Already on March 5, Icelanders discovered several infected tourists. Everyone had been to Ischgl in the Tyrol. Therefore, Iceland raised the alarm.

It would be eight days before the Austrian authorities did anything.

At least 6,100 tourists from 45 countries were likely infected in Ischgl. Many lost their lives.

Since mid-March, there were more than 20 people in Norwegian hospitals every day, all of whom had been on a ski vacation. At least 640 Norwegians were infected in Austria.

In May, the Austrian police launched an investigation into what happened. Now the police warn that he has four main suspects.

These are the four suspects

– We are particularly investigating in depth the follow-up of the regulations on traffic restrictions and quarantine, says the spokesman for the judicial authority in Innsbruck Hansjoerg Mayr to the AFP news agency.

Hotel, bar or restaurant owners are not investigated. Police are primarily investigating the chaotic evacuation. Several tourists were probably infected in crowded buses. The sick and the healthy were kept together.

The research material amounts to 10,000 pages.

The police do not want to say who the suspects are here. But the Austrian national broadcaster ORF has selected four people:

• The rapporteur in Ischgl.
• The district director of Landeck, to which the district of Ischgl belongs.
• Two officials from the district administration.

The mayor and the district director deny the ORF that they did anything wrong.

The main reason for the outbreak in Norway

When Norway was closed on March 12, 50.2% of all those infected had a common characteristic. They had all been on vacation in Austria.

It was not until the day after March 13 that Ischgl’s winter season was canceled.

Already on March 7, a bartender tested positive while the party continued in Ischgl.

In retrospect, 42.4 percent of Ischgl residents have been shown to have antibodies. But everyone depended on tourists.

The Governor of Tyrol, Guenther Platter, apologized for the large number of infected.

At the same time, the governor claimed that the infection did not originally come from Ischgl. Platter also believes that no one can be held personally responsible for what happened, writes Deutsche Welle.

Mass lawsuit against Austria

The private consumer organization VSV has previously notified mass lawsuits against the Austrian state. About 1,000 infected people are behind the lawsuit.

– I have no faith that the Innsbruck police will work effectively and hold those responsible to account, VSV leader Peter Kolba said at a press conference last week.

None of the four suspects have been questioned, according to police.