FollowThe World Cup races that were due to take place next weekend have been cancelled. The official reason is a high number of positive tests at our new test centre in the village, which is ok – there have been a lot of infections. Needless to say the press have had a field day with the story.
Sensational headlines appear on almost every newspaper – ‘Wengen is in lockdown’ (it isn’t, we can go skiing, go shopping, go to the hairdresser etc). The bit about a British tourist being the source of the outbreak may well be true however – we’re pretty sure we know who it is.
It’s a shame. The last thing we need at the moment is a big scare story like this, as it will certainly deter the ever-cautious Swiss from coming here – there are plenty of other places they can ski after all. Hopefully the story will die away over the next few days.
Regular contributor Maggie comments:
The British Tourist was not Roger Scoones, the English Chaplain. He has been in the village since the 8th of December and was not ‘the tourist from Great Britain staying in a single hotel between December 27 and January 10’ to quote the council article. He has been living in the flat provided for the English chaplain as said since the 8th of December.