Austria cannot be held liable for early Covid infection at ski resort – court

A giant advertising goggle with the slogan ‘relax, if you can’ in Ischgl, Austria (Matthias Schrader/AP)

Austria cannot be held liable for a Covid infection from an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the pandemic hit Europe in early 2020, a court has ruled.

On Thursday, the country’s Supreme Court of Justice announced its verdict in a long-running legal battle involving a German resident who travelled to Ischgl on March 7 2020 and visited several apres-ski venues before returning home six days later.