Covid Scotland: Spike in cases 'very clearly' linked to football fans travelling for Euros match, health expert says

By Thomas Hornall
Published 2nd Jul 2021, 09:49 BST
Updated 2nd Jul 2021, 13:04 BST
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The rise in positive coronavirus tests in Scotland is “very clearly” linked to Scotland fans travelling to London for the Euro 2020 match against England, a public health expert has said.

Martin McKee, professor of European public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the spike in positive cases “coincides very much” with the incubation period of the virus after the match at Wembley on Friday June 18, which finished 0-0.

He was asked if the Euros tournament was “acting as some kind of super-spreader with the number of fans that have been travelling around the continent”.

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