- Title: 250 AT COVID-19 Ischgl bar owner
- Date: 26th April 2020
- Description:Owner of the Apres Ski Bar in Ischgl says with hindsight he would have closed sooner Bernhard Zangerl runs the Apres-Ski Bar in Ischgl, where it seems hundreds of tourists got infected with COVID-19. The bar owner of the Kitzloch talks in an ORF news bulletin about the coronavirus cases. He says he does not fear any legal trouble as the bar has acted according to the rules and regulations by the Austrian authorities. Of course, with the knowledge we have now, Zangerl says he would have closed the bar earlier, but at the beginning of the crisis, the impact was not so clear. The bar-owner sees possible mistakes made in the flow of information but hopes that all this will be investigated by the authorities in Innsbruck. Zangerl is confident, to open the bar again in the next season. He has got reactions by guests who agree with him, the virus made only a stopover in Ischgl, and has founded optimum conditions to spread. Shotlist Ischgl pictures shot last week Interview filmed 26.4.2020, yesterday - File shots of the bar "Kitzloch" exteriors and sign above entrance - QUESTION (German) Armin Wolf, anchorman ZIB2: "What would you have done differently, if you look back?" - SOUNDBITE (German) Bernhard Zangerl, bar owner of Kitzloch: "In hindsight, we could have closed earlier, but at that moment we followed the directions we got and we trusted that the experts would give us the correct advice and directions." - SOUNDBITE (German) Bernhard Zangerl, bar owner of Kitzloch: "Of course we were worried, but it was far away, and we could not have thought that this would affect us that quickly, and would hit us that hard." - QUESTION (German) Armin Wolf, anchorman ZIB2: "What mistakes have been made, you think?" - SOUNDBITE (German) Bernhard Zangerl, bar owner of Kitzloch: "Well mistakes, especially in the flow of information. From the tests in Iceland to Ischgl, I think the health authority and the prosecutor will investigate and will find results, how one could have cooperated better, and bring the information faster to the correct place in Ischgl to be able to act quicker." - QUESTION (German) Armin Wolf, anchorman ZIB2: "In your bar nearly 100 or 1000 people have been infected. Do you fear any lawsuits?" -SOUNDBITE (German) Bernhard Zangerl, bar owner of Kitzloch: "We do not fear lawsuits, as we have acted accordingly to the directions given by the authorities, we have not hushed up any cases, nor have we lengthened the season, we have trusted the directions by the authorities and acted accordingly." - QUESTION (German) Armin Wolf, anchorman ZIB2: "Will you open next year, or will you change the name?" - SOUNDBITE (German) Bernhard Zangerl, bar owner of Kitzloch: "We do not consider the change of the name, and yes we try to open next season again, we have got many emails and reactions that have the same opinion as us; that the virus made a stopover in Ischgl, and that it unfortunately found an ideal spot to spread, as many people gathered here from around the world. And that we are not guilty of the crisis - we are both victims and suspects, like everybody else." - VS of Ischgl village - Streetview - Watering of field - Surrounding mountain - CU house - PAN LEFT over river and houses and surrounding mountains -Polarbear sculpture carrying skis - ZOOM OUT shot mountain towards Ischgl village
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:26/04/2020
- Decade: 2020s