{"id":65915,"date":"2020-09-14T19:57:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T19:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/14\/american-could-face-fine-over-garmisch-partenkirchen-virus-spike-in-germany\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:41:40","slug":"american-could-face-fine-over-garmisch-partenkirchen-virus-spike-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/09\/14\/american-could-face-fine-over-garmisch-partenkirchen-virus-spike-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"American could face fine over Garmisch-Partenkirchen virus spike in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BERLIN \u2014 Officials in southern Germany are considering imposing hefty fines against a 26-year-old American woman linked to a cluster of coronavirus cases in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, including at a hotel that caters to U.S. military personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German media report that the woman, who lives locally and wasn\u2019t named, had visited several bars in the town last week despite having symptoms and being told to quarantine while waiting for her COVID-19 test result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGarmisch-Partenkirchen is a model case of stupidity and an example for how quickly one can become infected,\u201d said Bavaria\u2019s governor, Markus Soeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuch recklessness must have consequences,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s reasonable for the health authorities to consider, after carefully examining the case, whether to impose appropriately high fines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breaching quarantine rules can result in fines of up to \u20ac2,000 ($2,375), but further penalties and liability for damages are possible if others become infected or businesses suffer economic harm as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman, who wasn\u2019t named for privacy reasons, has been blamed for a spike in cases that pushed Garmisch-Partenkirchen above the threshold of 50 new cases per 100,000 in a week at which authorities are required to impose further infection control measures. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, these include a 10 p.m. curfew on bars and restaurants and a rule that no more than five people can gather in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\t