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The Swiss ski areas will remain open for the time being. Health Minister Alain Berset wants to toughen the measures.
Meanwhile, sports fans and hikers storm the slopes. A video from Davos shows a crowded gondola. However, people wear masks and therefore comply with the current concept of protection. Still, these images worry many locals. “Well, that’s why it’s forbidden,” writes one. “And then be surprised when it turns off,” another. Or: “The next super spreaders.”
And in Valais, too, the rush has been great in recent days. Photos from Zermatt showed athletes huddled together waiting for the first gondola.
Returnees face quarantine
Our neighbors, who are putting off their ski season, also have little understanding of the Swiss style. France wants to send returnees from Switzerland to the Koran for a week and carry out random checks at the border.
From Italy it is said: “Switzerland’s decision to keep the ski areas open is disappointing.” That’s what the president of the Health Council Franco Locatelli said on Monday.
“Don’t go on a skiing vacation in Switzerland!” The German state of Bavaria warned. Returnees from Switzerland must also be quarantined there for ten days.
The media criticizes Switzerland
The decision of the Federal Council is not only welcomed by politicians, the foreign media are also criticizing, writes the “Tages-Anzeiger”.
In Italian reports, the special route is described as “stubborn”, “selfish” or “negligent”. The “La Repubblica” reporters who came from Milan (then the red zone) were invited to pass on the outward journey and were not checked at all on the return journey.
Journalists from the “Corriere della Sera” took their own photograph in the Engadine. They mainly noticed discounts on ski passes and ski equipment. “It’s not just an explicit message: ‘Come and get it!’ It is much more than that ”, was the conclusion.
The German headline “FAZ” at the end of November: “How the Swiss special route turns into a debacle.” Switzerland was even compared to Trump, and the president of the United States fared better. Berlin’s “Tagesspiegel” speaks of the “second Swede” and describes the ski strategy as “highly contagious, carefree”.
How things will continue in this country will be decided on Friday. Berset would like to provide information on the Corona vacation package and any requirements for the ski areas. (man)
