Euro 2020: WHO concerned about easing COVID restrictions

UN health agency urges cities hosting matches in areas where infection rates are on the rise to act quickly.

The World Health Organization has said it was concerned about the easing of COVID-19 restrictions by nations hosting Euro 2020 matches, noting that some were already seeing rising cases. “WHO is concerned about easing of restrictions in some of the host countries,” Robb Butler, an executive director at WHO’s Regional Office for Europe, said in an emailed statement to the AFP news agency. “A few of the stadiums hosting the tournament are now increasing the number of spectators allowed,” Butler said.