1,300 Scotland fans who travelled to London later tested positive for Covid

Scottish data shows almost 2,000 cases among people who attended Euro 2020 football events

Nearly 1,300 Scotland fans who travelled to London to watch their team play England on 18 June later tested positive for coronavirus, with a total of almost 2,000 football-related cases emerging from Test and Protect data on Wednesday, as Scotland continued to break its record for daily case numbers.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) analysis published on Wednesday revealed that 1,991 people who later tested positive had attended one or more Euro 2020 events during their infection period, a time when they may have unknowingly transmitted their infection to others".