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Son questions why sporting events still continued in March 2020

BBC News, Liverpool

About 52,000 fans gathered for Liverpool v Atletico Madrid, two days before elite football was halted on 13 March 2020

A son whose father fell ill after attending a football match in March 2020 is asking why the government did not cancel sporting events sooner.

Jamie Mawson's father Richard was among 52,000 spectators – including 3,000 Spanish football fans – who were allowed to attend a Champions League match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid at Anfield on 11 March 2020.

It was also the same day the World Health Organisation categorised coronavirus as a pandemic.