Bayern Munich fans conduct Corona tests before traveling to a "high risk area"

Fans of the German team Bayern Munich began to undergo tests for the new Corona virus, today, Monday, before traveling to the Hungarian capital, Budapest, where the European Super Cup match is being held, amid concerns from the Prime Minister of the State of Bavaria, Marcus Söder.

Bayern Munich, who is crowned with the European League title, provided free examinations for match ticket holders from their fans until tomorrow, before the match against Seville (European League title holder) next Thursday, as well as upon their return.

The European Football Association (UEFA) expressed its commitment to hold the match at the Puskas Arena next Thursday with the attendance of the fans, as it allowed both clubs to sell 3000 tickets for the match, which will witness the presence of fans 30 percent of the stadium's capacity of 67 thousand spectators.

Club president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said that 2,100 fans of the Bavarian team will travel to Hungary, with the need for the sample to be negative with a test that did not pass more than 48 hours to enter the country.

There were ticket cancellations after warnings from the German Ministry of Health, which considered the Hungarian capital, Budapest, a high-risk area, with the number of Coronavirus infections stabilizing in seven days at a stable rate of 100 cases.

Bayern is traveling to Budapest with a very small delegation, while Bavaria's Premier Markus Söder intends to impose stricter quarantine rules regarding the match.

Zoder added, in statements to B5 radio, today, Monday, that everyone should think carefully before attending the match, saying: "When I think about the match, I feel stomach pains."

He continued: "It is a very dangerous area, and we must be very careful not to be exposed to additional risks, because Noon is a duplicate of what happened in the ski resort in Austria, where many holiday judges were infected last winter."

Currently, anyone who has been abroad in a dangerous area for less than 48 hours does not have to be in quarantine for two weeks at home.

But Zoder wants to submit a proposal to the cabinet on Tuesday, stating that people who attend sports or cultural events abroad must respect quarantine rules.

This means that football fans will have to isolate themselves, take precautions and get tested, even if they have been outside the country for less than 48 hours.

"Despite all of this, my appeal is to reconsider whether the match is necessary," Zoder said. "The Super Cup is an exciting match but it is not the most important one."

Due to the increasing number of cases of Coronavirus in Munich, fans were not allowed to be present in the first match of Bayern Munich in the German League (Bundesliga) against Schalke, which ended in Bayern's 8-0 victory, and was held at the "Allianz Arena" last Friday, after it had been Previously 7,500 spectators were allowed to attend.

The German Minister of Health praised the decision, Jens Spahn, at a time when the Cologne team was forced to play without a public presence this week, and he also did not rule out similar short-term steps in the future.

"What the city of Munich did was the right thing," Spahn said in statements to the "Reinisch Post" newspaper.

He added, "As far as it will be difficult for the fans and the football atmosphere, if the number of injuries increases in the region, the fans should not be allowed to enter the stadiums."

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