Preparations for the European football championship (EURO 2008) in Switzerland

A Dreyfus; J Marfurt; A Birrer; H. C. Matter; P-A Raeber

doi:10.2807/ese.13.22.18892-en

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Preparations for the European football championship (EURO 2008) in Switzerland
A Dreyfus¹ , J Marfurt¹ , A Birrer¹ , H. C. Matter¹ , P-A Raeber¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Bundesamt fuer Gesundheit (Federal Office of Public Health, BAG), Bern, Switzerland

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Citation style for this article: Dreyfus A, Marfurt J, Birrer A, Matter H. C., Raeber P-A. Preparations for the European football championship (EURO 2008) in Switzerland. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(22):pii=18892. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.22.18892-en Received: 19 May 2008

Abstract

The European football championship (EURO 2008) is taking place in Austria and Switzerland between 7 and 29 June 2008. From a public health point of view, such a mass gathering requires attention with regard to infectious disease prevention because of (i) a potential increased risk for disease transmission (ii) increased media attention and (iii) its potential as a target for actions of a bioterrorist nature [2,6,8,9]. This article gives an overview of the preparations for Euro 2008 on the national level in Switzerland with regards to infectious diseases.