According to a current data set, people from 55 countries became infected in the ski hotspot.
Tirol is the number of people currently infected with the corona virus on Saturday evening for the first time below the 100 mark. While seven more people had been recovered in the past 24 hours, there was only one other positive test result. This reduced the number of people currently ill to 99. The number of deaths remained stable at 107. In the two hotspots of St. Anton and Ischgl there were still three or one more.
A new dataset from the consumer protection association (VSV) shows how wildly the virus raged in the ski hotspots. As the “Profile” reports, 5,384 people from 55 countries reported to the VSV, who are said to have contracted in Ischgl and a few in St. Anton.
The majority come from Germany (3680), followed by the Netherlands (526), Great Britain (152), Belgium (151), Switzerland (133) and Denmark (82). Just over 200 Austrians and 34 Americans also registered with the club. Cases in all parts of the world have been documented, including countries such as Brazil, Singapore, Zimbabwe, Australia and Cambodia.
The association does not believe that the number of people affected is actually 3,680. The number of unreported cases is significantly higher. For example, 42 Norwegians reported that they got infected in Ischgl, according to the VSV. However, the official number rose to 696 in Norway to the end, 16 times as many as had been announced. All of these people, who would have reported themselves, now want to take part in a class action lawsuit brought by the VSV against the Republic of Austria.
Kurz calls for prudence: “Would never apologize from Italy”
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP), on the other hand, called for prudence when clarifying the Corona Causa Ischgl. “I think you should be careful when looking for the culprits,” both in terms of people and regions, Kurz said on Friday at a press conference on demand from journalists. It “does not make sense to play a ‘blame game’ internationally who is to blame for this pandemic,” said Kurz. “I would never ask the Italians to apologize for the fact that Italian guests brought the virus to Austrian ski resorts because they certainly didn’t do it on purpose.” The federal government does not plan to apologize to foreign tourists for the Corona Causa Ischgl.
International locations, such as ski resorts in Italy, Switzerland and Austria, would have contributed to the spread of Covid 19, according to the Chancellor. “A self-criticism and a discussion about what could have been done better is important”. But it is “wrong to pretend that there is one place that is responsible for the pandemic worldwide”.
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