Swiss ski resort St Moritz quarantines hotels, shuts schools to contain COVID variant


FILE PHOTO: A general view shows an Alpine resort, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in St. Moritz, Switzerland December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) - 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 infectious new coronavirus variant.

The eastern Swiss canton of Grisons ordered everyone to wear masks in the town of 5,200 residents that prides itself as a birthplace of modern winter sports. Mass testing of residents will take place on Tuesday. Schools and daycare venues are closed.

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