Euro 2020 fan zone ticket holders in Scotland to be sent Covid testing kits
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has been given a tour of the fan zone by organisers and reiterated his view that it is a "low risk" event.
He said: "I am encouraged to see first-hand all the mitigations in place at the fan zone which have helped to ensure that it is a low risk event."It is important to test both before and after the event, so we are now offering test kits to all fans attending to help minimise the risk of transmission.
Mr Yousaf said event stewards would ask "a sample of attendees" if they had taken a lateral flow test before they were allowed in. The fan zone is scheduled to show every match during the tournament right through to the final at Wembley on 11 July. Scotland's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch has warned there must be a "reverse gear" if Glasgow's Euro 2020 fan zone leads to a surge in Covid cases.Creating a fan zone was a key part of the bidding criteria for the cities which wanted to host a Euro 2020 match
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