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Scotland fans travelling to London for England match blamed for spike in Covid cases

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coronavirus test results on Monday with 3,285 people told to self-isolate as a result. Health secretary Humza Yousaf said today the cases were disproportionately being recorded among young men under-40 with meet-ups to watch football blamed.

An estimated 20,000 Scotland fans travelled to London on June 18 to cheer on the men's national team at their first major tournament in 23 years.

Yousaf said many fans had travelled in coaches with little social distancing rules in place.Nicola Sturgeon yesterday reassured Scots that despite the high case numbers "we’re not at this stage seeing a commensurate rise in the number of people in hospital or becoming seriously ill from this virus".No new deaths had been recorded, meaning the toll under this.

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