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Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February
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That's really nice to know but with current travel restrictions in UK no chance of getting away to anywhere :(
Yes nice doing that the evening before they were ready to open, after lift tickets had been sold, slopes prepared and months of COVID-safe operating procedures worked out and seemingly painstakingly approved by all the different official bodies...
Yes I can understand their thinking. It just seems unfortunate they allowed resorts to believe they would be allowed to open, sell tickets, employ people etc up to a little more than 12 hours before opening. You would just have thought the B.1.1.7 variant fears would have been known sooner? But all academic now amyway...
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Started by J2SkiNews in Ski News 04-Feb-2021 - 17 Replies
Far Queue
reply to 'Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February' posted Feb-2021
J2SkiNews
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Just an update on main story - increasing number of areas today confirming they do plan to open next week, all being well. Dolomiti Superski (except South Tyrol part) from Monday, Madonna di Campiglio region from Wednesday, Milky Way (Via Lattea) from a week Saturday etc
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The Snow Hunter
Flat country skier
reply to 'Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February' posted Feb-2021
J2SkiNews wrote:Just an update on main story - increasing number of areas today confirming they do plan to open next week, all being well. Dolomiti Superski (except South Tyrol part) from Monday, Madonna di Campiglio region from Wednesday, Milky Way (Via Lattea) from a week Saturday etc
That's really nice to know but with current travel restrictions in UK no chance of getting away to anywhere :(
Edited 1 time. Last update at 12-Feb-2021
SwingBeep
reply to 'Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February' posted Feb-2021
According to reports in the Italian press the opening of the ski areas in Italy has been postponed until 5th March https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2021/02/14/covid-ricciardi-chiedero-a-speranza-un-lockdown-totale_94428594-3fdd-4199-bcee-f36ad97c375d.html
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J2SkiNews
reply to 'Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February' posted Feb-2021
SwingBeep wrote:According to reports in the Italian press the opening of the ski areas in Italy has been postponed until 5th March
Yes nice doing that the evening before they were ready to open, after lift tickets had been sold, slopes prepared and months of COVID-safe operating procedures worked out and seemingly painstakingly approved by all the different official bodies...
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The Snow Hunter
Edited 1 time. Last update at 15-Feb-2021
SwingBeep
reply to 'Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February' posted Feb-2021
They are concerned about the spread of the new variants, B.1.1.7 now accounts for 18% of new infections in Italy. It is likely that the COVID-safe operating procedures do not take into account the increased transmissibility of the new variants.
J2SkiNews
reply to 'Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February' posted Feb-2021
SwingBeep wrote:They are concerned about the spread of the new variants, B.1.1.7 now accounts for 18% of new infections in Italy. It is likely that the COVID-safe operating procedures do not take into account the increased transmissibility of the new variants.
Yes I can understand their thinking. It just seems unfortunate they allowed resorts to believe they would be allowed to open, sell tickets, employ people etc up to a little more than 12 hours before opening. You would just have thought the B.1.1.7 variant fears would have been known sooner? But all academic now amyway...
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The Snow Hunter
SwingBeep
reply to 'Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February' posted Feb-2021
Opening was always subject to government approval. Cervinia has now updated the ticker on its home page with the new opening date "The opening of the Cervino Spa lifts is scheduled for 5th March 2021 upon confirmation by the Italian Government."
The government simply followed the opinion of the Scientific Technical Committee. "The Scientific Technical Committee's opinion is unequivocal: in the light of changed epidemiological conditions due to the widespread circulation of viral variants of the virus, at the present time the conditions do not seem to exist for further release of the current restrictive measures, including those envisaged for the amateur skiing sector." As Italy now has a technocratic government it doesn't need to worry about political fallout.
Interestingly in an interview on the Italian TV show Che Tempo Che Fa Professor Walter Ricciardi, a COVID-19 advisor to the Italian minister for health blamed Switzerland. "The country that brought the English variant into Europe is Switzerland. The British went skiing in Switzerland, a country that stubbornly kept the ski facilities open, and there a teacher then went back to school and infected practically all of her pupils"(the teacher was from Belgium). From there, according to Ricciardi, the variant spread to the rest of Switzerland and Europe. Ricciardi is also advocating a further hard lockdown, including the closure of schools.
Until recently the variants could only be identified by sequencing, which usually involves sending samples from positive tests to a separate lab. The recent introduction of PCR test kits that can also identify the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants means that these variants can now be identified when the swabs are tested. In Switzerland along with the number of positive tests we are now informed of the variants involved, of the 6003 positive tests reported over the weekend (Fri. Sat. Sun.) 2381 (ca. 40%) were identified as involving the B.1.1.7 variant. The results obtained using the new test kits give the authorities much better information about the incidence of the variants.
The government simply followed the opinion of the Scientific Technical Committee. "The Scientific Technical Committee's opinion is unequivocal: in the light of changed epidemiological conditions due to the widespread circulation of viral variants of the virus, at the present time the conditions do not seem to exist for further release of the current restrictive measures, including those envisaged for the amateur skiing sector." As Italy now has a technocratic government it doesn't need to worry about political fallout.
Interestingly in an interview on the Italian TV show Che Tempo Che Fa Professor Walter Ricciardi, a COVID-19 advisor to the Italian minister for health blamed Switzerland. "The country that brought the English variant into Europe is Switzerland. The British went skiing in Switzerland, a country that stubbornly kept the ski facilities open, and there a teacher then went back to school and infected practically all of her pupils"(the teacher was from Belgium). From there, according to Ricciardi, the variant spread to the rest of Switzerland and Europe. Ricciardi is also advocating a further hard lockdown, including the closure of schools.
J2SkiNews wrote:
You would just have thought the B.1.1.7 variant fears would have been known sooner?
Until recently the variants could only be identified by sequencing, which usually involves sending samples from positive tests to a separate lab. The recent introduction of PCR test kits that can also identify the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants means that these variants can now be identified when the swabs are tested. In Switzerland along with the number of positive tests we are now informed of the variants involved, of the 6003 positive tests reported over the weekend (Fri. Sat. Sun.) 2381 (ca. 40%) were identified as involving the B.1.1.7 variant. The results obtained using the new test kits give the authorities much better information about the incidence of the variants.
Topic last updated on 17-February-2021 at 11:37