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Affected are demanding justice. their allegation, that local authorities put wealth over health, keeping peak ski season going, even as the virus spread. one year on, what lessons can be learned from the unhappy story of ischgl? we need to be expecting all kinds of different viruses. this is going to happen again, i can assure you. is carefree mass tourism as we know it in europe a thing of the past? the ski season in ischgl in early 2020 seemed pretty much perfect. haraldur was one of the thous...

On this weeks edition, our europe editor, katya adler, explores how the austrian ski resort, ischgl, became an early epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, and asks what lessons can be learnt. ischgl has long been known as the ibiza of the alps. but this time last year, the austrian ski resort became famous for something else. you always think the worst, especially when you get a positive result for covid. i even got people last day coming in, like coughing and spluttering and, like, saying... c...

Well, that went really well. cat there in copenhagen. now, the last time we saw christa, she was driving in a citroen 2cv around the roads of paris. well, the bosses of the travel show obviously thought she had things far too easy, because were going to end this week just on the outskirts of athens, where she has to help power a far older form of transport. moored close to the modern yachts, a different kind of ship is ready to go out to sea. the trireme 0lympias — the only life—sized replic...

Their allegation, that local authorities put wealth over health, keeping peak ski season going, even as the virus spread. one year on, what lessons can be learned from the unhappy story of ischgl? we need to be expecting all kinds of different viruses. this is going to happen again, i can assure you. is carefree mass tourism as we know it in europe a thing of the past? the ski season in ischgl in early 2020 seemed pretty much perfect. haraldur was one of the thousands enjoying the slopes.

Thousands of tourists were going home, thousands more arriving. perfect conditions for a highly contagious virus to spread. british couple david mills and christine harris were amongst the new arrivals. the place was great, it was buzzing, it was like benidorm on steroids. when we got there we thought, whoa, this was so busy, wasnt it? yeah. it was absolutely jam—packed. all of the bars were on, like, a strip, and we went to several of them. one of them was kitzloch. you couldnt get a drink. y...

Put wealth over health? the apparent lack of common sense in how they went about doing what they did, there was a whiff of the old jaws film and the mayor of amity island standing up in front of the tv cameras saying, "theres no shark here." this is vigorously denied by the authorities in ischgl and the wider tyrol region. dorte is clear on where she believes responsibility lies.

The regional government put out another press release, stating the virus was unlikely to spread in bars. their actions had fatal consequences. dorte sittigs partner rudi had gone on holiday to ischgl from germany in march. in the days after he returned home, rudi began to feel ill.

Cases had been on holiday in ischgl. austria appeared to have a much bigger covid problem than it realised. it was kind of strange to me at the time, that officially they were only a few cases reported from austria, the whole country, so something really didnt...didnt match, actually. doctor gudnason raised the alarm. he reported the covid cases to the european union and sent a direct message to his austrian counterparts. icelands government then put ischgl in the same travel category as wuhan. ...

To recommend a backup pcr test following a positive result in school. were currently at a time when the infection rate is low and so it is essential that positive lateral flow tests for secondary school pupils, as for adults, are subject to confirmation by pcr, or by some other means. but im shocked to think that is not being done. the department of health says it will keep rapid tests under review. while no test is 100% accurate, many will be reassured by mass testing in schools. others warn th...

By covid to governments the world over. one year on, many of us are still left wondering, if calamity strikes again, can we now trust those in power to make tough decisions fast and put our welfare first? hello. well, lets see whats happening on the weather front in the week ahead, and some big changes on the way. the current settled weather is going to give way to far more unsettled conditions