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News | Iceland Monitor | Tue 10 Mar 2020 | 10.04 GMT
All Ski Areas in Alps: High Risk for COVID-19
Vala Hafsta?
At a press conference yesterday, it was announced that the Icelandic Directorate of Health has now expanded the area considered to be of high risk for COVID-19 infection to include all ski areas in the Alps. The reason is that a substantial part of new COVID-19 cases in Nordic countries has been traced to such areas. People who have arrived in Iceland from these areas since February 29 (including that day) are now asked to remain in quarantine at home for 14 days after their arrival in Iceland.
On the website of the Directorate of Health, all the high risk areas are listed.
They now include China, Italy (since February 29), South Korea and Iran. The ski areas defined as high risk areas include all ski areas in Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. As for Germany, ski areas in southern Bavaria are included, and the affected ski areas in France are Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur and Auvergne-Rh?ne-Alpes.
The chief epidemiologist advises against any unnecessary travel to the above areas...
News | Iceland Monitor | Tue 10 Mar 2020 | 10.04 GMT
All Ski Areas in Alps: High Risk for COVID-19
Vala Hafsta?
At a press conference yesterday, it was announced that the Icelandic Directorate of Health has now expanded the area considered to be of high risk for COVID-19 infection to include all ski areas in the Alps. The reason is that a substantial part of new COVID-19 cases in Nordic countries has been traced to such areas. People who have arrived in Iceland from these areas since February 29 (including that day) are now asked to remain in quarantine at home for 14 days after their arrival in Iceland.
On the website of the Directorate of Health, all the high risk areas are listed.
They now include China, Italy (since February 29), South Korea and Iran. The ski areas defined as high risk areas include all ski areas in Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. As for Germany, ski areas in southern Bavaria are included, and the affected ski areas in France are Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur and Auvergne-Rh?ne-Alpes.
The chief epidemiologist advises against any unnecessary travel to the above areas...