Trial over coronavirus outbreak in Austria begins

VIENNA—The trial for the first of more than a dozen civil lawsuits opened in Vienna on Friday over an outbreak of the coronavirus at the ski resort of Ischgl in early 2020 in which Austrian authorities stand accused of responding too slowly. The outbreak at Ischgl was Austria’s biggest and helped spread the virus across Europe. The private Consumer Protection Association, which brought the case against the government, says authorities mishandled the response to the outbreak.