研究：英国新冠疫情或存在1300多个不同源头_BEC初级作文

研究：英国新冠疫情或存在1300多个不同源头

The study also says the controversial football match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, on 11 March, probably had very little impact on bringing the virus into the country.

研究还指出，3月11日利物浦队和马德里竞技队之间那场有争议的足球比赛可能对将病毒带入英国的影响很小。

An estimated 3,000 fans flew in from Spain to watch the game, but there were 20,000 people flying in from Spain every single day in mid-March.

据估计，有3000名球迷从西班牙乘飞机前来英国观看比赛，但在3月中旬，每天都有2万人从西班牙乘飞机前来英国。

"[It] shows that individual events such as football matches likely made a negligible contribution to the number of imports at that time," the study says.

研究指出：“这表明，当时足球比赛等单项赛事对输入病例的影响可能微乎其微。”

The imported cases each started off a chain of transmission where the virus is passed from one person, to the next, to the next and so on.

每个输入病例都会开启一个传播链，病毒接连传播给一个又一个人。

However, the study shows lockdown has massively disrupted the spread of the virus.

然而研究表明，封锁措施极大地阻断了病毒的传播。

"If there's good news here, these chains of transmission were and are being suppressed and going extinct as a result of social distancing and we continue to see that now," Prof Loman said.