Ski vacation in Austria: only vaccinated people allowed to après-ski?
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Austria’s Chancellor Kurz and the German Tourism Commissioner consider après-ski to be possible again in the coming winter season – if necessary, only with vaccinated people.
The skiing holiday in Austria fell through last winter due to the corona pandemic. Due to the stricter rules, piste trips were only possible for locals, while holidaymakers from abroad first put themselves into quarantine. This should look completely different this year: Austria’s Chancellor Kurz promised one in an interview with the Funke media group on Saturday safe ski season.
“Safe vacation in Austria”: Après-ski should be possible again
70 percent of the over 12-year-olds in Austria are vaccinated, as are the majority of the tourists: “In this respect, nothing stands in the way of a safe holiday in Austria.” Should the corona situation in Austria worsen further only vaccinated people have access to the après-ski bars, so short. Otherwise the so-called 3G rule would ensure a safe winter.
The Federal Government’s Tourism Commissioner, Thomas Bareiß, agrees with the statements of the Austrian Chancellor: “We want to go on a carefree skiing holiday again,” said the CDU politician to the newspapers of the Funke media group. “Therefore it is fundamentally correct opening certain events only to groups of people for whom the risk of infection is low. “With increasing infections, there should be no more closings, but urgent guests and hosts are still protected. “In that case, it remains to be checked whether a rapid antigen test is still sufficient,” says Bareiß. A vaccination remains the be-all and end-all.
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The popular party and ski resort was last year Corona hotspot become. On Friday in Vienna a Damages lawsuit against the state of Austria negotiated. The first case concerned a 72-year-old Austrian who died of a corona infection after a stay in Ischgl in March 2020. “You warned too late, you closed après-ski bars too late, for example, and you closed the whole valley too late for winter sports. Closing a week earlier would have meant that thousands of people in Ischgl would not have been infected and would not have suffered from Covid-19 as a result, ”the Tagesschau quoted Peter Kolba from the consumer protection association at the negotiation. The judgment should be given in writing. (fk)