Maximiliano benozzi
07/04/2021 21:04
Clarín.com
sports
Football
River plate
Updated 07/05/2021 12:28 AM
River has been in the United States for two weeks.
On Tuesday morning he will arrive in Argentina.
And
although he had the approval of the national authorities not to have to do isolation, the rules changed
.
One day to another.
The Ministry of Health communicated with leaders of the Núñez club and warned them that they will have to quarantine as soon as the campus steps on Argentine soil.
"
Although they told us that everything was fine from day one, now the Ministry of Health has changed its position
," a leader told Clarín, angry about the situation.
And he added: "We are still discussing the situation. Tomorrow (for this Monday) we will know in what format it is."
In the document that the River leaders received on Friday, July 2, it is read that the Millionaire campus must "
comply with the quarantine
, since it rejects the exception requirement" upon their return to the country.
In River, the row is capital, also, because they consider that there would be no risks.
What are they holding?
That
85 percent of the delegation has already suffered from the disease
and the majority has been less than two months ago;
who were vaccinated and already have antibodies;
that they left by charter and will return in the same way, without having contact with third parties and that they were in an area where there is no infection rate at present, in addition to having carried out the PCR tests that were negative last Saturday.
River left Argentina on Friday June 18 and landed on Saturday 19 at the Orlando airport, where the entire team was inoculated with Janssen's vaccine.
River's campus in Orlando.
Will they have to quarantine when they return to the country or will the "bubble" authorization prevail?
River carried out this preseason in Orlando because it had the authorization of the Ministry of Health, which exempted it from carrying out a quarantine upon arrival in the country.
And
the cost was a million dollars
.
An expense as great as anger at this new determination of the Ministry of Health.
When River left the country, on Friday, June 18, there was no "Administrative Decision 643/2021", which says that "only a certain number of passengers per day may enter Argentina by air."
That number is 600 people.
And this government determination - in order to prevent new strains of coronavirus from entering - caused many Argentines to be stranded in other countries.
And a wave of criticism of the national government.
In this context, the national authorities had been arguing that River was authorized as a sports delegation to enter the country without problems. During the last few days,
Clarín
was in contact with sources from the Ministries of Health, Sports and Tourism, of Transportation and the National Directorate of Migration and all agreed that River did not have to isolate when returning from the United States, since it was exempted as they had signed River in a document.
In point 3 of the requirements of the Ministry of Health to travel to the Argentine Republic (that is, for people who enter the national territory) are exempted from quarantining when entering the country "athletes, only in cases of sporting events, duly authorized by the NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF MIGRATIONS, with protocols proposed by the organizers, approved by the national health authority and supervised by the MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND SPORTS ".
What changed then? Does it have to do with a question of political image? What would you say to the government if River enters the country without problems while thousands of Argentines are stranded abroad? There are few who believe in the club that these last two questions are the reasons for the change of opinion. They didn't tell him either. "They did not give us any arguments," said a manager.
The regulations indicate that with a negative PCR, 72 hours before returning, the quarantine upon return is one week. River's team already did it and they all tested negative. If when they arrive at the Ezeiza airport, they are made to go to a hotel,
the isolation would end on Tuesday the 13th
. This new decision goes against competition. Is that,
on Wednesday 14 River has to play against Argentinos Juniors
the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores. Will they be able to train in a "bubble" format this week in Buenos Aires? There are still many questions and few answers. The truth is that the government changed the rules for River from one day to the next ...