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Hundreds of British skiers forced to quarantine in the Swiss resort of Verbier have escaped from their quarters, with a local politician complaining it was nearly impossible to control coronavirus due to Europe’s porous borders.

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read ZURICH (Reuters) - Hundreds of Britons have fled quarantine in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier, with the country’s health minister attributing the exodus to an “impossible situation” where authorities moved at short-notice to contain a new variant of the coronavirus. On Dec 21, the Swiss government ordered people who had arrived from the United Kingdom and South Africa since Dec. 14 to undergo a 10-day quarantine to prevent the spread of more contagious variants of the coronavirus. It also halted flights before allowing them to resume a few days later so stra...

Share on Twitter Hundreds of Britons have fled quarantine in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier, with the country’s health minister attributing the exodus to an “impossible situation” where authorities moved at short-notice to contain a new variant of the coronavirus. On 21 December, the Swiss government ordered people who had arrived from the United Kingdom and South Africa since 14 December to undergo a 10-day quarantine to prevent the spread of more contagious variants of the coronavirus. Skiers wearing face masks ride a chairlift at the Verbier ski area in the Swiss Alps. K...

Hundreds of UK tourists flee Swiss Verbier ski resort after being told to quarantine The i 28/12/2020 Joanna Whitehead Hundreds of UK tourists flee Swiss Verbier ski resort after being told to quarantine Hundreds of British holidaymakers forced to quarantine in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier fled their accommodation over the weekend rather than see out a newly imposed isolation period, after fresh measures were put in place to contain the coronavirus. Swiss authorities implemented a retroactive quarantine period on travellers following the detection of the new Covid-19 var...