The tournament itself has already been postponed due to the pandemic and instability in Argentina and Colombia, respectively..

The long-suffering South American international Copa America-2021 tournament, which was originally supposed to be held in Argentina and Colombia, but was eventually moved to Brazil due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the political situation, respectively, may experience problems with the opening match on the new.

According to the Venezuelan Ministry of Health, the governing body received information about 12 confirmed and one previously confirmed cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection in the camp of the national team of this country..

At the same time, the results of forty other members of the delegation were negative..

As a result, the Venezuelan national team in its entirety was isolated in the hotel of the capital of Brazil - the city of Brasilia, and the delegation will be able to leave for their homeland only after undergoing quarantine and receiving a final negative test result..

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Also, the local press is actively discussing the fact that the heads of the delegation of the Venezuelan national team could have known about cases of infection of their players even before arriving in Brazil, since on the eve of departure, the captain of the national team, Thomas Rincon, received a positive test result, after which he remained in the capital - Caracas.

Note that Venezuela has already invited 15 new players to its preparatory camp, as Conmebol lifted the restriction on five substitutions a day earlier, which could be carried out in the initial applications for the tournament..

Against the background of the difficult situation in the region, the organizers of the tournament introduced an extremely strict protocol for all teams participating in the tournament: players cannot leave the territory of their hotels, except for training or to contact medical institutions, and every 48 hours they must be tested for COVID-.

Also, each team will have its own charter flight and bus, which, after use, will undergo full sanitation.. At the same time, it was decided to refuse the compulsory vaccination of participants..

Recall that the opening match of Copa America-2021 on the field of the National Stadium named after. Mane Garrinchi between Venezuela and Brazil should take place on June 14, at midnight Kiev time.