60,000 people will have the opportunity to attend the final of the European Football Championship between England and Italy in person tonight at Wembley Stadium in London. Experts warn that the match could lead to a new outbreak of Covid-19 in Britain, where a highly contagious strain of the virus delta is spreading rapidly. Elsewhere in Europe and around the world, more and more people are becoming infected with the delta, so governments need to step up restrictions again. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yelen is worried that new forms of coronavirus are threatening the recovery of the world economy.
Experts fear European Football Championship final could cause new Covid-19 outbreak in UKUldis Ķezberis, LR1
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Wembley Stadium on July 11 will bring together the largest number of football fans in Britain since the start of the pandemic. Several thousand people will also be in the fan areas near the stadium, but pubs across the country will be crowded.
Infectious scientists point out that ignoring social distance and not wearing face masks inside and outside the stadium can lead to a rapid increase in the incidence of Covid-19 in the country.
Previously, Covod-19 was unveiled to several football fans in Denmark, Scotland and Finland after attending championship games.
Leading German public health expert and Bundestag MP Karl Lauterbach has sharply criticized the tournament’s organizers, the Union of European Football Associations, for their irresponsible behavior in allowing such a large number of fans to attend the finals in person, the DPA news agency reported.
Although the incidence of Covid-19 is declining in Europe as a whole, the number of people infected is rising in some countries. And it is to blame for a delta variant of the virus that was first discovered in India.
In the Netherlands, more than 10,000 new infections were found between Friday and Saturday, the highest number since December.
In Germany, the cumulative seven-day virus rate per 100,000 people rose on Sunday for the fifth day in a row. Nevertheless, restrictions continue to be relaxed in several regions of Germany.
The incidence continues to rise very rapidly in Russia. More than 25 thousand new cases of infection were detected there last day. Another 749 victims of Covid-19 have died from the health complications of the virus. The day before, 752 Covid-19 casualties were registered in Russia, the highest number since the pandemic began.
The rapid spread of the Covid-19 delta and other contagious forms could become a serious obstacle to national economies recovering from the severe consequences of the pandemic, warned US Treasury Secretary Janet Elena.
“We are a connected global economy, what happens in any part of the world affects all other countries.
We are aware of the importance of working together to speed up the vaccination process and achieve the goal of vaccinating at least 70% of the world’s population by next year, “Jelena said at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Venice.
Jelena pointed out that richer countries need to do more to enable poor countries to receive Covid-19 vaccines.
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