With less than three weeks to go before the start of the Copa America, Argentina has conditioned the respect of a “Strict protocol” health its commitment to organize the entire competition, after the withdrawal of Colombia, co-organizer. “We must be assured that the Conmebol, the body of South American football, be able to respond to the requirements that we formulate ”the head of government, Santiago Cafiero, told the radio on Thursday.
These conditions were submitted Wednesday during a meeting in Buenos Aires between President Alberto Fernandez and the head of the South American Confederation, Alejandro Dominguez. Among them is the reduction in the size of delegations.
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An outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Argentina
The co-organization of the continental tournament, scheduled for June 13 to July 10, was withdrawn from Colombia last week due to the explosive social climate in that country, which has left more than 40 dead. Representatives of Conmebol have visited stadiums in recent days in Argentina to see if it can play the fifteen games scheduled in Colombia, including the final on July 10. But Argentina is facing an outbreak of Covid-19 and deplores a total of 75,588 deaths and more than 3.6 million infections, out of 45 million inhabitants.
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