Britons flee Swiss resort

英国游客海外逃避隔离

British tourists fled the Swiss ski resort of Verbier "clandestinely" under cover of darkness rather than submit to a new quarantine imposed on UK visitors, a local official said on Monday.

瑞士官员12月28日称，瑞士滑雪胜地韦尔比耶的一些英国游客无视新的隔离要求，趁着夜色不告而别。

The exact number of tourists who left the resort has not been confirmed.

当地还没有确认具体的逃离游客人数。

Switzerland is one of dozens of countries to have banned travel from the UK over a new, potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant that was reported in the UK.

最近，英国报告了一种新的新冠病毒变体，可能传播性更强，因此瑞士等数十个国家暂停了与英国的旅行往来。

On Dec 21, the Swiss Federal Council imposed an entry ban and a retroactive 10-day quarantine period on all travelers from the UK and South Africa, meaning anyone who entered Switzerland from the two countries since Dec 14 is required to quarantine.

12月21日，瑞士联邦议会发布了针对所有英国和南非旅客的入境禁令和10天隔离期规则，凡是12月14日之后从南非和英国两国来到瑞士的旅客，都必须完成10天的隔离期。

Asked about the run-away tourists, Health Minister Alain Berset said he didn't know the current whereabouts of the tourists, but suspected that they had gone home.

当被问及逃走游客时，瑞士卫生部长阿兰·贝尔塞表示目前不知道这些游客的下落，怀疑他们已经返回英国。