JAKARTA - Around 100 supporters of the Finnish national football team who traveled to Russia to support their favorite team against Belgium in Euro 2020 have contracted the coronavirus.
The prime minister and the Finnish health authorities (THL) have called on residents who have returned home after watching Finland's match against Belgium in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Monday, June 21, to be tested for COVID-19.
"All Finnish fans must be tested for COVID-19", Prime Minister Sanna Marin said at a European Union summit in Brussels.
"That way, everyone can be identified immediately and the virus does not spread further", she added.
Based on the results of COVID-19 tests held at posts along the Finnish border with Russia, so far there have been 86 positive cases, and the tests are still ongoing.
According to local media, about 3.000 Finnish supporters crossing the border led local officials to allow 800 people to enter the country without being tested first.
Russia, on Thursday, June 24, reported more than 20.000 cases of infection with the new coronavirus and 568 deaths. This number has jumped rapidly, just as it did in January 2021 when Russia was aggressively fighting the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
Therefore, THL also urges all Finnish fans who have returned home to immediately undergo a COVID-19 test within 72 hours to confirm their respective conditions, considering that the infection rate in Saint Petersburg is 20 times higher than in Finland.
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