Copenhagen:
The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern Tuesday that nations had been easing virus restrictions about football games at the Euro 2020, noting that some places had been currently seeing increasing situations.
“WHO is concerned about easing of restrictions in some of the host countries,” Robb Butler, an executive director at WHO’s Regional Office for Europe, mentioned in a statement to AFP.
“A few of the stadiums hosting the tournament are now increasing the number of spectators allowed into the stadium to watch a game,” Butler mentioned.
The UN body did not specify any cities, but Britain announced Tuesday that more than 60,000 spectators will be permitted at the Wembley stadium in London for the semi-finals and final of the tournament.
Originally, only 40,000 had been planned.
In some “host cities, Covid-19 cases are already on the rise in the area where matches will be held,” mentioned Butler.
“Learning from experience, we must act fast on signals showing increasing cases.”
“Expanding testing and sequencing; stepping up contact tracing; and building very high vaccine uptake fast among those vulnerable and most at risk,” he added.
In Denmark, 29 situations have been detected in connection with the Euro games taking location in Copenhagen.
The reported infections involved individuals who had been either currently ill through the match or had been infected through the game, Anette Lykke Petri, a well being authority official, told a Tuesday press briefing.
“In theory, there could be more people infected,” she added.
In Denmark, the permitted audience has also not too long ago been elevated to 25,000, from 16,000. The greater quantity was 1st applied for last Thursday’s game involving Denmark and Belgium.
In Budapest, games at the Puskas Arena, which has a capacity of 68,000, have been played to a complete stadium.
While the scenario across the area has enhanced more than the previous two months, the WHO has nonetheless urged continued caution.
“Although we have come far, we have not come far enough,” Hans Kluge, WHO’s regional director for Europe, warned in early June.
Vaccine uptake was nevertheless as well low to shield the area from a resurgence, he mentioned.
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