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The rumors / The director of the Turin Health Authority clarified the situation regarding the match between Granada and Emilia
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 13: Torino FC players and staff form a team group following the Serie A match between Torino FC and Genoa CFC at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on February 13, 2021 in Turin, Italy. Italy’s sports stadiums remain under strict restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the government’s social distancing laws prohibit fans within venues, causing games to be played behind closed doors. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino / Getty Images)
“Will Torino not play? Every day checks and swabs are carried out to see if the spread has been contained” said Carlo Picco, director of the ASL of Turin, speaking into the microphones of Radio Punto Nuovo. Most likely, the match with Sassuolo will be postponed and the situation depends, now there is confirmation, precisely of the much feared English variant of the coronavirus as Toro News anticipated this morning. Variant that, according to estimates, is infecting one in five positives in Italy.
“We behave in accordance with the epidemic phases that we face. There is the issue of the English variant that is circulating a lot and that has also led us to mini red zones also in Piedmont and therefore the tension is very high – declared the director of the ASL in Turin. Faced with a cluster with important suggestions from the English variant as in Turin, with dissemination both among the players and among those close to them, he made us reflect on this issue ”.
Dr. Picco then clarified in concluding: “There is no definitive word on this issue: as of today we are on high alert for the game against Sassuolo and there is a possibility that we will not play. If the English variant had not existed, we would not have taken this position. Torino runs the risk of stopping a match: a decision will be made tomorrow ”.
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