Bayern Munich fans could face quarantine after Super Cup

By: The Associated Press Posted: 11:24 AM CDT Monday, Sep. 21, 2020

MUNICH - Bayern Munich fans could face quarantine when they return to Germany after the Super Cup in Budapest.

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MUNICH - Bayern Munich fans could face quarantine when they return to Germany after the Super Cup in Budapest.

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MUNICH – Bayern Munich fans could face quarantine when they return to Germany after the Super Cup in Budapest.

Bayern is scheduled to face Sevilla on Thursday, but Germany’s centre for disease control has deemed the Hungarian capital a “high risk” area for the coronavirus.

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said Sunday that 2,100 supporters were travelling to the game, although news agency dpa reported Monday that a few hundred had already cancelled their plans.

Markus Soeder , party chairman and Governor of Bavaria, gives a press statement at the party headquarters before the start of the CSU executive committee meeting in Munich, Germany, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

Bavarian governor Markus Söder said quarantine rules will be tightened, meaning travelling fans could face mandatory self-isolation periods upon their return.

“There is a very high level of infections and we have to be very, very careful not to risk the danger of a soccer Ischgl,” Söder said, referring to the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl, a former hot spot for the virus that led to many Germans getting infected with COVID-19.

UEFA has given the go-ahead for 20,000 fans to attend the game. Both clubs had access to 3,000 tickets. Sevilla has already returned 2,500.

The Robert Koch Institute’s warning against travelling to Budapest came as the city’s rate of new infections ranged between 110 and 120 per 100,000 inhabitants over seven days. In comparison, Munich recorded a rate of 56.13 on Monday, and is considered severely affected.