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A piece of news from the world of sports is puzzling: Brazilian Football Federation has decided to play a football game, even though one of the two teams has a good number of players 16 positive for COVID-19. On Sunday, September 27, 2020 at the Allianz Parque Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Palmeiras home team will face the rivals of the Flamengo.
A couple of days ago, six Flamengo players tested positive, but as of today, Friday, September 25, the number of those infected with coronavirus, and always in the visiting team’s squad, has risen to 16. The increase Impressive positives They did not change its mind to the Brazilian Football Association, which confirmed the dispute of the match.
Flamengo will only have 12 players, those with negative results (perhaps), that is why it is moving in the direction of those under 20, to recruit eight players. The absurd decision is not shared by the Rossoblu team that presented appeal before the Superior Court of Sports Justice. The Vice President of Flamengo Rodrigo dunshee, maintains that two doctors have spoken out against the dispute over the football game, on the other hand, it is a health issue rather than sports, insists Dunshee.
Speaking of Brazil, another piece of news that definitely goes in the opposite direction to the decision of the Brazilian Football Association for the Palmeiras-Flamengo match, is the cancellation of the famous Rio de Janeiro Carnival which should have taken place in February 2021, it is the first time since 1912. It is probably a postponement to a later date, just as the São Paulo carnival was postponed for eight months and will be held in October 2021.
Brazil, one of the countries in the world most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
In the day of On September 24, 2020, 32,817 infections were registered, in 24 hours 831 deaths. The positive cases for coronavirus, registered in the South American state are 4,657,702, the deaths have reached 139,808 units: the data is provided by John Hopkins University. Brazil ranks second in the number of deaths registered by COVID-19, behind the United States and in front ofIndia, while it ranks third in positive cases (this time behind India).
Unlike what is happening in most European countries, in the month of September the trend in the number of infected is decreasing, but the situation, obviously, remains very worrying. The peak of positive cases was reached on July 29, with 69,074 infections.
