After a meeting in the Quinta de Olivos between Domínguez and Fernández, it was agreed that the organization should be studied by the Ministry of Health.
The coronavirus does not give truce in Argentina and, after a week in which Argentine football was suspended since the country returned to strict confinement, the realization of the America Cup was questioned again. After Colombia decided to leave the organization, the National Government accelerated the processes to be able to receive the competition, but the epidemiological situation put a brake on the plans. So, Alberto Fernández and Alejandro Domínguez met at the Quinta de Olivos this Wednesday afternoon to define some details.
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As officially communicated by CONMEBOL, the Government presented a “strict protocol” in order to carry out the contest and “the organizational and logistical aspects and everything concerning the sanitary protocols were evaluated”, among them, the fitting out of new venues, which would replace those that had already been chosen in coffee-growing lands.
However, it was not assured that the championship can be held, since the last word will be from the Ministry of Health. As explained in the document published on the official site, “The analysis of the dispute of this CONMEBOL Copa América and its sanitary protocols so that it can be organized in the country will remain under the rigorous study of officials of the Ministry of Health of the Argentine Republic”.
For its part, Santiago Cafiero, Chief of Cabinet of Fernández, made it clear that the realization of the cup “It has no impact from a health point of view”, although he warned about the strict protocols presented. “We proposed very strict protocols, of high and permanent supervision and they took them away to analyze them to see if they can be fulfilled. They were quite surprised about the demands and even made comments to us that not even in the Eurocopa these things are fulfilled” , he stated.
What are the demands about? Mainly, about reduce delegations and assess whether the provinces are in a position to comply with the proposed regulations. “You have to work with the governors and local authorities and you have to see the health situation of each province,” he added.
The full statement:
The Argentine government presented CONMEBOL with a strict protocol for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021 to be held in the country. In a meeting that took place in Quinta de Olivos, the organizational and logistical aspects were evaluated -with the eventual authorization of additional headquarters- and everything concerning the sanitary protocols.
The analysis of the dispute of this CONMEBOL Copa América and its sanitary protocols so that it can be organized in the country will remain under the rigorous study of officials of the Ministry of Health of the Argentine Republic. This was agreed by the President of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández, and the head of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Domínguez, in a meeting today afternoon.
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