ARCHIVED - No PCRs needed for football fans attending Euro2020 matches in Seville

The Andalusian health department has clarified that it will not be demanding PCRs from those who have tickets to see matches at La Cartuja stadium (Seville).

Players from the Spanish team have finally been vaccinated.

In light of complaints following an announcement by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) that those with tickets to see Euro2020 championship matches live would have to present negative Covid-19 test results to be allowed to enter the stadiums, the Andalusian health authorities have said that will not be necessary for Seville.

The head of the regional department took to Twitter to announce that antigen or PCR tests would not be required to enter La Cartuja in the current epidemiological situation, causing excited fans with tickets to breathe sighs of relief. 

La Cartuja stadium in the Andalusian capital city of Seville will be hosting four European Championship matches between 14-27 June, with a maximum permitted capacity of 30 per cent of its total, some 16,000 spectators. The first match to be played there will pitch Spain against Sweden on Monday, 14 June.

In preparation, the Spanish football squad were finally vaccinated against Covid-19 in Madrid on Friday morning. 

The Ministry of Health had, after some umming and aahing, agreed to give the team emergency Pfizer vaccines (as had been agreed for Spanish Olympians heading for Tokyo this summer) but the players refused to accept it, as the RFEF (Spanish football association) had requested the single-dose Janssen vaccine hoping there would be less chance of it affecting their performance.

In the end, the ministry appears to have backed down and agreed, as the RFEF has released a statement confirming that the team were "fully inoculated" today to allow them to compete on an equal footing with other teams that have already been vaccinated.

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