Hundreds of British tourists on holiday ski trips skipped out on Switzerland’s retroactive quarantine ahead of Christmas, with some having made escapes from their luxury accommodations in the middle of the night. Some British tourists left immediately, while others decided to stay a little longer,” Jean-Marc Sandoz, a spokesman for the town of Bagnes, told CNN. “Some of them fled clandestinely during the night.
Switzerland is one of dozens of countries that have restricted travel from the UK in recent weeks after the discovery of a new, potentially stronger variant of the coronavirus. That variant has since been found in Australia, Japan, Canada, South Korea, and across Europe.