9/17/2021- 11:07 p.m.
Covid “Super-Spreader” Ski Resort Outbreak Trial Starts in Austria
A civil trial has opened in Austria over the govt’s handling of a coronavirus outbreak at Ischgl ski resort in March 2020, which apparently led to THOUSANDS of people becoming infected.
The case is the first of 15 lawsuits accusing Vienna of mishandling Covid outbreaks in Ischgl and other resorts in the Tyrol province – a widow and son of a 72-year-old who died after contracting the virus at Ischgl are seeking about €100,000.
According to the prosecutions lawyer, the list of official failures is long, citing a report by an independent commission of experts last October, which stated Austrian authorities IGNORED alerts from as early as March 5.
When Iceland confirmed nationals were contaminated at the resort. (AP)
