Liverpool’s match against Atletico could have triggered flurry of cases in the English city
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A Government scientist has called for an in-depth investigation of the Champions League football match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, played last March. More than 3,000 Atletico fans made the trip to the UK for the last 16 face-off even though the virus had already started to spread its wings in Spanish cities and towns.
Despite the Spanish fans celebrating the feat of eliminating the current cup holders, both clubs have not been on the pitch ever since.
Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, the mayor of Madrid, had been quoted to define the go-ahead to the match as a mistake given the prevalent situation in the Southern Mediterranean state.
246 people have lost their lives in hospitals in the city of Liverpool alone after being infected with coronavirus and the UK government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Angela McLean admitted that the situation in the two cities could be linked.
McLean said that “I’m genuinely sad to hear that so many people in Liverpool have been unwell and so many have died. I think it would be very interesting to see in the future when all the science is done what relationship there is between the viruses that have circulated in Liverpool and the viruses”.
A similar “virus-bomb” was thought to have been created by another Last 16 tie of Europe’s top club competition, the Atlanta – Valencia game played in Bergamo, which is thought to have triggered a massive number of cases in the Italian city.
