The North East has been badly affected by the third wave
The Euro 2020 final contributed towards a surge in coronavirus cases in the North East of England, a public health director has said.– said the match, which England lost on penalties to Italy, helped ‘supercharge’ infections in the region.
recently given extra testing and vaccination supportSpeaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Adams said: ‘The rates tended to kick off just after the Euros football final – our three highest days were three-to-five days after that final, so I think our momentum was kind of picking up then and that event just supercharged it up to the unfortunate position we found ourselves in.
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