The “Parken” stadium in Copenhagen was quite crowded for the Belgium-Denmark match on Thursday. But now the news: The particularly contagious delta variant of the corona virus was discovered in three people.
The delta variant of the corona virus has been detected in three stadium spectators at the European Championship game between Denmark and Belgium. The Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke and the Patient Safety Authority therefore asked 4,000 spectators from six specific stadium blocks to have a PCR test done on Wednesday evening.
Denmark: 247 Delta cases since early April
The European Championship match took place on Thursday at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Belgium won the match 2-1.
The Delta variant B.1.617.2, which first appeared in India, is considered more contagious than other Corona variants. The EU health authority ECDC assumes that it will account for 90 percent of all new corona infections in Europe by the end of August. Since the beginning of April, 247 cases have been detected in Denmark.
