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England vs Italy Euro Final Becomes the Center of Covid-19 Transmission

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

Final match Euro 2020 The match between England and Italy at Wembley Stadium is known as the sporting event with the largest spread of the Covid-19 virus.

Reuters, referring to official data from the health authority, Public Health England (PHE), stated that 2,295 people were infected with the Covid-19 virus from the final party. In addition, 3,404 people have the potential to be infected from the match which took place on 11 July.

“The Euro Final is a super contagious event [Covid-19], “wrote the Times newspaper.

The England vs Italy clash at Wembley Stadium was indeed packed with spectators. Around 67,000 people came directly to watch the match which took place in the midst of the corona virus pandemic.

The England vs Italy duel was one of the matches at Euro 2020 which was attended by spectators in Queen Elizabeth’s Country. Trials to bring spectators were also carried out in Formula 1 during the Silverstone GP and the Wimbledon Grand Slam event but the positive cases of Covid-19 that appeared were not as high as the Euro 2020 final.

In F1 GP Silverstone, there were around 350,000 people gathered together with data on 585 people infected with Covid-19 from data compiled by the National Health Service (NHS). Meanwhile, at Wimbledon, there were 300 thousand people attending the tournament which lasted more than two weeks, with the number of Covid-19 infection cases reaching 881 people.

“Euro 2020 is a unique event and it is unlikely that we will see a similar impact on Covid-19 cases from future events,” said PHE Deputy Director Jenifer Smith.

“However, the data show how easily the virus spreads when there is close contact and this should serve as a warning to all of us as we try to return to a new normal with caution.”

[Gambas:Video CNN]

(jal)


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