Switzerland - Reports: More than 200 British skiers fled a COVID-19 coronavirus quarantine in Verbier on December 26, 2020

[sharon sanders]

More than 200 British skiers fled a coronavirus quarantine in the popular Swiss resort of Verbier on Saturday night, reports say.

A spokesman in Valais canton said 420 British guests had booked into Verbier accommodation before Christmas and now only about a dozen were left.

Switzerland imposed a 10-day quarantine backdated to 14 December because of the new virus strain spreading in the UK.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-quarantine-in-swiss-ski-resort-verbier-covid

Only about 12 Britons stay in quarantine in Swiss ski resort after hundreds flee


Hundreds left Verbier after discovery of new Covid variant despite order to self-isolate

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While some Swiss officials were sympathetic to the British skiers who quietly escaped rather than comply with Switzerland’s new quarantine rules for citizens from the UK and South Africa, after the discovery of a new highly contagious variant of coronavirus, commentators on Twitter were less kind, focusing on the wealth and entitlement of the skiers.

It also appeared that some of the skiers may have ignored UK advice on not travelling abroad as part of the new restrictions announced before Christmas.