The virus brought to Zurich from party islands
The European Championship celebrations have only led to a few new infections in the canton of Zurich. The bigger problem lies elsewhere.
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–Celebrating in the crowd: So far, the football festivals have had no noticeable effect on the infection curve.
Photo: Sabina Bobst
People who party close together: At the moment you think of football fans. And asks himself: Can this work out well? In fact, the European health authority has noted a “significant increase in corona infections in connection with EM”. As she announced to the German press agency, she counted more than 2500 cases in seven countries by the end of the third week of the tournament, with a focus on Scotland. Switzerland was not among them.
But there are such cases in this country too. Linda Nartey, Vice President of the Association of Cantonal Doctors, told the media on Tuesday that there were individual reports of infected people who had come back from European Championship games in several cantons. In the canton of Zurich, contact tracing has known about two people who were in St. Petersburg and then tested positive for Corona since Wednesday. On the other hand, no corona-positive returnees are known from Baku and Bucharest, where the Swiss national team also played, says Beat Lauper from the Zurich health department.
