An Austrian consumer protection group has filed four civil lawsuits against the country’s government for failing to contain a coronavirus outbreak at an Alpine ski resort. The cluster during the early phase of the pandemic has been blamed for thousands of infections around the world. Peter Kolba, who heads the VSV consumer association, said the four cases – involving an Austrian and three Germans – will test the ground for a further 1,000 people who have asked to be represented by the group after falling ill with Covid-19. The outbreak in Ischgl in February and March is considered one of the earliest “super-spreader” events on the continent.