General view of a changing room at an ice-hockey rink during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Gothenburg, Sweden October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Johan Ahlander
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - Health authorities in Sweden and Finland are looking into a series of COVID-19 outbreaks on ice hockey teams that are believed to be one of the drivers of a sharp increase in new cases in the two hockey-loving countries.
The day after Swedish ice hockey team BIK Karlskoga defeated Vasteras in a game in late September, one of its players complained of a fever. Three days later, half of Karlskoga's players and staff had tested positive for COVID-19 along with six players on Vasteras.
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