Tickets and tests....Telegraph this evening12 Feb 2021 21:04
Plans to save the summer sporting season by sending fans Covid tests with tickets and conducting on-site temperature checks are being devised by officials, The Telegraph has learned.
The Government is keen to prioritise opening up the “major set-piece events” to the public, including Wimbledon and the seven Wembley-based matches in the Euros football tournament, all of which are in June, it is understood.
One Whitehall source said there was a “huge push to get stadiums and sports open”, adding: “Bread and games - very Boris.”
The options being examined include posting lateral flow device tests to fans at home in advance of big sports events to certify them as Covid negative, using asymptomatic testing sites, and carrying out rapid on-site testing and temperature checks.