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The situation is “alarming”: Lucerne’s ski areas have to close for a week from Tuesday
The epidemiological situation in the Canton of Lucerne is “alarming”, which is why the Canton of Lucerne is taking tough measures. From Tuesday to December 29, all Lucerne ski areas must close.
It will be empty next week: The ski lifts of the Sörenberg ski area.
(Piss) As announced by the canton of Lucerne on Friday afternoon shortly after the Federal Council press conference, all Lucerne ski areas will have to close from December 22 to 29, including those that were already open. “At the moment, the essential federal requirements to allow or maintain the operation of the ski areas in the canton of Lucerne have not been met; this would be simply irresponsible,” the director of Health and Social Guido Graf is quoted in the message. Tell:
“I am very sorry that we were forced to make this decision, but sadly it is unavoidable.”
The current situation does not allow for the risk of serious accidents in winter sports or other sources of infection, which would later possibly require intensive care capabilities, he said.
So now all ski areas in the canton of Lucerne must stop working: chair lifts and chair lifts are closed, ski slopes and toboggans are not being prepared. Only railways that fulfill a “development function in terms of public transport” can remain open. In the meantime, the population must continue to have walking trails and cross-country ski trails.
Ski areas that have already started the season must also temporarily close. You have to stop trading on December 22 at midnight. This is to ensure that Lucerne’s ski areas receive the same treatment: “All canton ski areas will not open before December 30, 2020.” The further course of action will then be determined based on the epidemiological situation.
The situation in Lucerne is “alarming”
The epidemiological situation in the canton of Lucerne is alarming: currently around 300 people are infected with the new coronavirus every day in the canton of Lucerne; the trend has been increasing for a long time. According to the alarm concept, the red phase has been back in effect since the beginning of December, after the orange phase was largely applied to November. The replay value is currently 1.23 (previous week: 1.06). In the canton of Lucerne, 54 people died in relation to Covid-19 from December 1 to Thursday yesterday. Hospitals in Central Switzerland are very busy, despite the distribution of intensive care patients to other clinics in and outside Central Switzerland, and there is currently little more capacity.
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