{"id":1862,"date":"2021-01-18T13:11:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2021-01-18T13:11:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:11:39","slug":"new-coronavirus-variant-hits-posh-swiss-resort-of-st-moritz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/18\/new-coronavirus-variant-hits-posh-swiss-resort-of-st-moritz\/","title":{"rendered":"New coronavirus variant hits posh Swiss resort of St Moritz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health authorities quarantined two hotels and closed ski schools in the posh Swiss resort of St Moritz on Monday to try to curb an outbreak of the highly infections new coronavirus variant.<\/p>\n<p>The eastern canton of Grisons ordered everyone to wear masks in the town of 5,200 that prides itself as a birthplace of modern winter sports. Mass testing of residents will take place on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1864\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Switzerland_New-coronavirus-variant-hits-posh-Swiss-resort-of-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"Switzerland_New-coronavirus-variant-hits-posh-Swiss-resort-of-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Switzerland_New-coronavirus-variant-hits-posh-Swiss-resort-of-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Switzerland_New-coronavirus-variant-hits-posh-Swiss-resort-of-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Switzerland_New-coronavirus-variant-hits-posh-Swiss-resort-of-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Switzerland_New-coronavirus-variant-hits-posh-Swiss-resort-of-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\u201cAbout a dozen cases are currently known in two hotels. To protect the health of the population and guests, the health department has quarantined the two hotels and ordered corona tests for their employees and guests,\u201d the canton said in a statement. It did not give the guests\u2019 nationalities or reveal which new coronavirus variant had been detected. Authorities could not immediately be reached for further information.<\/p>\n<p>While closing restaurants, bars, theatres and recreational venues to limit spread of the disease, Switzerland has left ski lifts open as long as they maintain strict regimens to protect public health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health authorities quarantined two hotels and closed ski schools in the posh Swiss resort of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New coronavirus variant hits posh Swiss resort of St Moritz | Rapid 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