Portugal's National Institute of Health (INSA) has confirmed 13 cases of infection with omicron, a new strain of coronavirus, among players in the country's top football division Belenenses.

This is reported on the official website of the organization..

One of the Lisbon players returned to Portugal after a match with his national team from South Africa, where a new strain was recorded last week. Now 44 people from this club are on self-isolation, that is, almost all the players, except for the youth players who did not play on Saturday.

The infection of the players of the Lisbon team became known during the match with the Benfica team held on Saturday.

For the match, " In the second minute of the second half, the referee stopped the match due to the fact that only six of them remained on the football field.