Hotels in quarantine after Covid variant outbreak in upmarket Swiss ski resort

Exterior view of the hotel Badrutt’s Palace, centre, in St Moritz, Switzerland (Giancarlo Cattaneo/AP)

Swiss authorities say they have placed two hotels under quarantine and ordered all guests and employees to be tested after a new variant of coronavirus was detected among them in the upmarket skiing resort of St Moritz.

Local authorities said they have also closed down skiing schools, regular schools and kindergartens.