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The Austrian authorities have quarantined a group of Swiss. The tourists were part of a group of tourists who traveled by car in and around Salzburg. There was contact with Corona. Therefore, the authorities kept part of the group at the scene.
Thurgau’s travel company Heini Car is involved, as CEO Daniel Heini confirms to VIEW. “A small part of a private tourist group had contact with a local in a restaurant in Austria,” says the businessman. “The next day he received a positive Covid test report, which had apparently started days before. This part of the group was detained at the scene by the authorities to obtain further clarification. “
Most of the group, Heini continues, began their journey home as planned and are now back in Switzerland. For the rest: persevere. “The Swiss embassy has been informed,” Heini said.
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A spokesman for the state of Salzburg confirms: “Five people from Switzerland are quarantined in a Red Cross quarantine ward in the south of the state of Salzburg. Repatriation is currently being discussed with the Swiss authorities. “
There is no official statement on the additional details. According to information from BLICK, the driver of the travel car is also in quarantine. The Swiss reportedly infected an employee of a local company. It is said that he coughed and was still in contact with tourists without a mask.
Therefore, the Austrian authorities have placed the Swiss in a former asylum haven in the Salzburg Lungau region, as they say. Each one in individual rooms. Tourists should be prohibited from going out until at least Thursday.
Quarantine after a trip to Austria
According to the BAG, the Salzburg region is not a risk zone. As of today, Monday, neighboring Upper Austria appears on the list of countries for which a quarantine obligation applies. Swiss authorities adjusted their instructions last week and declared the picturesque area a hotspot for the crown.
The region is particularly popular with nature lovers. The Attersee is known in these latitudes. Even better known: the Wolfgangsee, which is located partly on the territory of Upper Austria and partly on the soil of Salzburg. Heini Car organized trips there.
In Switzerland, countries and regions that have registered more than 60 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days are considered risk areas. The coronavirus situation in Upper Austria recently exceeded this limit regularly. According to local authorities, the situation is stable. Therefore, the Swiss decision was classified as “incomprehensible”.
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