- Title: 163 AT COVID-19 Ischgl inquiry
- Date: 23rd March 2020
- Description:Authorities examine reports that a business failed to inform authorities about a COVID case in February Ischgl, a ski resort in Austria's Tyrol province, has been linked with hundreds of cases of coronavirus. Now Tyrol's government has asked state prosecutors to investigate whether a business at the resort failed to tell authorities about an infection at the end of February. Guenther Platter says every suspicions needs to be examined. Shotlist Ischgl, 12-Mar-2020: VS of Ischgl 23-Mar-2020: SOUNDBITE (German) Guenther Platter, governor of Tyrol : "One part are the tests, I think one third of all tests are done in Tyrol compared to Austria, and we do test a lot, and with new tools we get this week, we will be able to increase the testing. " 00:44 SOUNDBITE (German) Guenther Platter, governor of Tyrol : "The other part if there are any kind of suspicion, of course the presumption of innocence applies. And also as media investigate, we are glad they do that, and we will of course take this serious, and authorities will examine and investigate these, continued by possible charges to the public prosecutor. But it would be wrong to put all under general suspicion. But if there are suspicions, there will be investigations, and the authorities do that.
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:23/03/2020
- Decade: 2020s