Euro 2020 (人が)群がるs 運動ing rise in COVID-19 感染s, says 世界保健機構
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen
COPENHAGEN, July 1 (Reuters) - (人が)群がるs at Euro 2020 football stadiums and in pubs and 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s in host cities are 運動ing the 現在の rise in coronavirus 感染s in Europe, the World Health Organisation (世界保健機構) said on Thursday.
A 10-week 拒絶する/低下する in new coronavirus 感染s across the 地域 has come to an end and a new wave of 感染s is 必然的な if football fans and others 減少(する) their guard, によれば 世界保健機構.
Last week, the number of new 事例/患者s rose by 10%, driven by mixing of (人が)群がるs in Euro 2020 host cities, travel and 緩和 of social 制限s, 世界保健機構 said.
"We need to look much beyond just the stadiums themselves," 世界保健機構's 上級の 緊急 officer, Catherine Smallwood, told reporters.
"We need to look at how people get there, are they travelling in large (人が)群がるd 軍用車隊s of buses? And when they leave the stadiums, are they going into (人が)群がるd 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s and pubs to watch the matches?
"It is these small continuous events that are 運動ing the spread of the ウイルス," Smallwood said.
German 内部の 大臣 Horst Seehofer called a 決定/判定勝ち(する) by European サッカー's 治める/統治するing 団体/死体 UEFA to 許す big (人が)群がるs at Euro 2020 "utterly irresponsible".
UEFA said in a 声明 to Reuters that mitigation 対策 at host 発生地s "are fully 提携させるd with the 規則s 始める,決める out by the competent 地元の public health 当局".
The rise in new COVID-19 事例/患者s is happening as the more contagious Delta ウイルス variant spreads 速く across Europe.
Nearly 2,000 people who live in Scotland have …に出席するd a Euro 2020 event while 感染性の with COVID-19, with many …に出席するing their group 行う/開催する/段階 match against England in London on June 18, Scottish 当局 said on Wednesday.
The rise in 感染s has raised 関心 that a third wave could spread across Europe in the autumn if people don't get vaccinated.
"The 関心 of an autumn 殺到する is still there, but what we see now is that it might come even earlier," Smallwood said. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen; editing by John Stonestreet, Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Nick Macfie)