Concern over the strong coronavirus outbreak in a historic soccer club in Uruguay

10/28/2020 3:19 PM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 10/28/2020 3:19 PM

In August, while in Argentina the cases of coronavirus multiplied, on the other side of the Río de La Plata football started.

Uruguay had managed to contain COVID-19, with a handful of cases in its territory, and enabled the start of

, of the First Division, as well as the championships of the rest of the categories.

In the last month, however, the cases increased and this week worries what happens in an iconic club in the Uruguayan country such as

, where there is an outbreak of coronavirus with at least

, 15 of which are team players that militates in the third division.

According to local newspapers, it all began on Saturday, October 24, when a player who had accused symptoms of coronavirus tested positive in a test.

As a result, the match that Bella Vista was going to play for the Divisional C tournament was suspended and matches of the teams it had previously faced were postponed.

"In knowledge of the fact, on the morning of Saturday October 24, the club's board of directors has proceeded immediately, in compliance with the health protocol of the AUF and the Ministry of Public Health, informing the authorities of what happened and transmitting precise instructions to the direct and indirect contacts of the footballer in the club, to respect the strict home quarantine, until receiving procedural instructions from the competent authorities ”, the club indicated that day.

We inform that the meeting scheduled for the afternoon today, as well as four other matches of the Amateur Division, have been postponed due to the confirmation of a positive case of COVID 19 in the upper squad of CA Bella Vista soccer players.

- BELLA VISTA (@CABellaVista) October 24, 2020

Three days later, the positives multiplied.

On Tuesday night, the Montevideo club confirmed that 15 soccer players and two Bella Vista officials had COVID-19.

As a consequence,

.

Notified of the situation, the

managed to trace the contacts maintained by the footballers to prevent a further spread of the virus.

"

" remarked the head of the portfolio,

, who warned that this Wednesday Uruguay could "be facing a new record of positive cases" of coronavirus.

In addition, this afternoon, leaders of the Bella Vista Club will meet with the Department of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry.

For his part, Minister Daniel Salinas foresees that tonight when the new confirmed cases of Covid-19 are known, it may be before a new record.

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- Telemundo (@TelemundoUY) October 28, 2020

Although the situation directly affects the club, it indirectly affects the preparation of 80 youth division referees who trained at the José Nasazzi stadium - in honor of the captain of the Uruguayan national team champion in 1930, a glory of Bella Vista - and they will no longer be able to do so at sprout root.

They will also be monitored for any symptoms of the virus.

On the other hand, the swabs made to the

and

campuses

, the last rivals of Bella Vista in the C tournament, were negative and it was resolved that the tournament continue as planned.

Bella Vista is known as the

club

, because of the white and yellow colors of its jersey.

He turned 100 on October 4 and is one of the few that have managed to break the hegemony of Peñarol and Nacional in Uruguay, by being crowned champion in the 1990 First Division championship.

In 1999, he achieved his best international participation by reaching the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.

Over time, economic problems brought him close to bankruptcy and in mid-2013 he stopped participating in the soccer championships in Uruguay.

Currently, he seeks his resurrection.

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