Euro 2020 final was a 'superspreader event’

Berlin: The Euro 2020 final was a "superspreader event" due to the level of COVID-19 infection in and around London's Wembley Stadium, according to government figures released Friday.

About 2,300 people "were likely to have been infectious at the time of the event," Public Health England found.

The data for the July 11 event showed a further 3,404 people in and around the stadium were potentially infected after the event and may have contracted the virus there.

While fans were required to take a coronavirus test to be allowed entry to Wembley, the system relied on them reporting whether the test was negative.

The British government had been criticized for allowing around 67,000 spectators into the stadium.