WHO raises Euro 2020 monitoring issue amid virus surge in Europe

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New Covid cases in the World Health Organization’s 53-country European region rose 10% last week after falling for 10 straight weeks and the risk of a new wave of cases is growing, says the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO said that Euro 2020 football matches need to be better monitored with several thousand spectators attending the games. 

"We need to look much beyond just the stadia themselves," WHO's Catherine Smallwood said emphasising that authorities need to closely look at spectators when they arrive and leave the stadium : "What's happening after the games? Are they going into crowded bars and pubs?"

There is a danger that Euro 2020 could act as a "super-spreader".

Hundreds of cases have been detected among spectators, including Scots coming back from London, Finns returning from St Petersburg and Delta variant infections in Copenhagen.

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Reasons the vaccine should have just been mandatory for literally everyone 

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That's what happens when you rush a "return to normal". I genuinely don't know what other outcome was expected.