New information after the ÖSV corona case

Like SportNews reported, there is the first confirmed corona case in the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV). . A skier from the second downhill group is affected. But the athlete is doing well. He had to be quarantined but didn't need any special treatment, ÖSV sports director Toni Giger told APA on Friday. It was checked who the athlete had contact with. As is currently the case, the test was carried out before the downhill skier with World Cup experience left for the first snow course in Tyrol. “He didn’t think he was sick himself. So our system works,” said Giger. As a precaution, group members with whom the affected athlete had had contact would not be allowed to arrive at the course straight away. Even with a negative test. Infection in Hirscher's ex-training center? The athlete could have been infected in a private training facility. From the portal oe24.at was the name given to the therapy and training center of the former Hirscher fitness maker Gernot Schweizer. “I have closed my practice with immediate effect. For moral reasons. To protect myself and my employees. “I’m now having all employees tested,” quoted oe24 Swiss. The health department was also involved. “Our test system has proven itself” ÖSV sports director Toni Giger For Giger, the case is proof of the efficiency of the ÖSV safety concept, under which the athletes have been training on various glaciers for several weeks. “We test every active participant before the first training course. In this case it worked. There were almost no symptoms, but our routine testing at home prevented a sick athlete from traveling to a snow course and spreading Covid-19 and passing it on from there. It has proven that we were very careful right from the start,” said Giger. Of course, personal data would not be passed on. “We will research exactly who he had contact with. Affected teammates are also not allowed to travel to snow training.” The ÖSV is currently training in Kaunertal and Sölden. Giger: “We continue to approach the matter very carefully.”

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New information after the ÖSV corona case

On Friday morning, the report of an Austrian downhill skier testing positive for coronavirus made the rounds. Now new details about the infection have leaked out.

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