Zambian players with covid almost spend a forced Christmas in Chile: they will serve 11 days of isolation in a health residence

The preparation of the Chilean women’s team for the playoffs at the Tokyo Olympics has not been easy or fortunate. After losing 2-1 the first international friendly match with Zambia a few days ago, this Mars the rematch had to be suspended because four African players registered positive in their PCR test for coronavirus.

Despite the interest of the Chilean soccer players to play since everything was organized for the game at the National Stadium, finally the sanitary criteria that prevails in these cases prevailed and the game was definitively canceled.

“As dictated by the sanitary protocols of the ANFP Medical Commission, we have carried out the test for COVID-19 for the Zambian women’s team. In antigen testing, a test validated by Chilean football, they have yielded four positive results. therefore, and due to the high risk it represents for this match, we have decided to cancel it, “said César Kalazich, general coordinator of the ANFP Medical Commission.

Christmas in quarantine in Chile?

The health situation of the Zambian campus generates a complex problem, since according to the protocols of the Ministry of Health they must now undergo a strict quarantine before returning to their country.

Therefore, today the ANFP had to immediately carry out the respective administrative procedures, with the support of the Ministry of Sports, so that the visiting players are left in isolation in a residence or sanitary hotel in the capital for eleven more days.

This means that it is only around December 15 that they will be able to return to Zambia, which – if no further setbacks arise – will allow them at least to be reunited with their families before next Christmas.

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