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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...

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... coughing sound. .."covid. " the authorities were slow to lockdown, with disastrous results. there was a whiff of the old jaws film and the mayor standing up in front of the tv cameras saying, "t...

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. we actually had a really good week. ischgl is one of the best ski resorts in europe. it has good variety of slopes and good restaurants. afterskiing, he and his friends grabbed a beer at the kitzloch —...

I mean, thatsjust total nonsense. my friend was already sick while we were in ischgl, and there is no way that all of us got infected on the flight because we were not all travelling together. an e—mail sent at the time showed that local tyrol politicians hoped the plane theory would be enough to get ischgl "out of the firing line", as they wrote. the recipient of the e—mail subsequently leaked, but not denied, was herbert forster. so, ischgl wasnt shut down, and no warnings were issued to s...

Now on bbc news... our world ischgl has long been known as the eb part of the alps. but last year, this austrian ski resort became part of a different story. —— —— when a critical document i even came people coming in on the last day coughing and spluttering and saying... covid. the authorities were slow to lockdown. with disastrous results. . , . lockdown. with disastrous results. ., , ., , lockdown. with disastrous results. ., , ., results. there was a whiff of the old jaws _ results. ...

Those affected are demanding justice. their allegation, that local authorities put health over —— put wealth over health, keeping the ski season going, even as the ski season going, even as the virus spread. one year on, what best —— what lessons can be learned? we what best -- what lessons can be learned?— be learned? we are expecting all sorts of— be learned? we are expecting all sorts of different _ be learned? we are expecting all sorts of different viruses. i all sorts of differ...

The ski season in ischgl in early 2020 seemed pretty much perfect. haraldur was one of the thousands enjoying the slopes. we actually had a really good week. ischgl is one of the best ski resorts in europe. it has good variety of slopes and good restaurants. after skiing, he and his friends grabbed a beer at the kitzloch — one of ischgl�*s famous apres ski bars. singing. hundreds of people just having fun, drinking and singing. there were a lot of different people from all over the world com...

In front of the tv cameras saying, "theres no shark here." ischgl became known as europes covid ground zero. more than 6,000 people believe they were infected here in a matter of days. tourists returning home exported the virus around the world. now, the families of those 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...

So, ischgl wasnt shut down, and no warnings were issued to skiers. saturday the seventh of march was change over day. 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 lace amongst the new arrivals. the place was _ amongst the new arrivals. the place was great, _ amongst the new arrivals. the place was great, it _ amongst the new arrivals. t...

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...