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Haraldur�*s friend arnie was one of those who became unwell in late february. he started feeling ill on wednesday. he thought had the flu. he thought he had the flu. we were not associating his illness with covid. on their return to iceland, both haraldur and arnie tested positive. i was not feeling ill or anything, so it was quite a shock because the news from italy wasnt great. a lot of people dying there, so you always think the worst, especially when you get a positive result from covid. i...

Dollar covid relief plan by a single vote. the duke and duchess of cambridge talk about the impact of the pandemic, in a special programme on the commonwealth. now on bbc news, our world. bbc europe editor katya adler explores what went wrong at the austrian resort of ischgl at the start of the global pandemic and what lessons can be learned. 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 th...

Wide open for business. it was chock—a—block full of people. there was no indication at all that there was any problem in the town, as far as coronavirus was concerned. it was just business as usual. on friday the 13th of march, eight days after the alarm had been raised by iceland, austrias chancellor, sebastian kurz, suddenly decided to bypass the local authorities in tyrol and take action himself. he announced that tourists had just one hour to leave ischgl. anyone left in the resort woul...

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In the days after he returned home, rudy began to feel ill. rudy thought he had picked up the flu. but it was covid. he was taken to hospital where his condition deteriorated.

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For years that they had marketed ischgl as a wood time ski result. —— wood time. many local businesses rely on the skiseason local businesses rely on the ski season for their annual income —— —— good time. covid threatened all that. rather than lock ischgl down, the authorities issued a press release saying the icelandic tourists had probably caught covid on the plane home. i mean, thatsjust total mean, thats just total nonsense. my friend was already sick while we were in ischgl, an...

Will travel and tourism ever return to what we once thought was normal?— return to what we once thought was normal? tourism and travel of theole was normal? tourism and travel of people from _ was normal? tourism and travel of people from one _ was normal? tourism and travel of people from one place - was normal? tourism and travel of people from one place to i of people from one place to another has been very open, and easy, within europe. and in my mind, thats probably played a big role. and...

Had the authorities closed a week earlier, after the icelandic tourists fell ill, thousands of people who arrived afterwards might have avoided infection. take nigel mallander. i did actually check the foreign office travel advice before going. the foreign office said, you know, its ok to travel. so i thought, well, why not? ill go and spend a few days skiing. the bars in ischgl were still

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