Several cases of infection in the WC – Erevik thinks the championship should be canceled – VG

The International Handball Federation writes in a press release late Thursday that there have been nine positive crown events related to the championship. The tests were conducted upon arrival in Egypt.

– If the reports are true that there is infection among the players, the media and the hotel employees, I see no other way out than to shut it down, close it and send people home as safely as possible, he says. Ole Erevik, TV 3 expert, to VG.

– Do you think the World Cup is over?

– I don’t know what I think, because a lot of strange things can happen, but let it end I think that now when these reports arrived and if they are correct, the former national team player responds.

– The most important thing is the uncertainty that is spreading. This indicates that the bubble is not hermetically sealed. The bubble that promised to be infection-free, burst within days. So it is too risky to continue in my eyes, says Erevik.

Erevik refers to how he was in possible close contact with various people while waiting for the response from the PCR test conducted at the airport.

– They took me to the hotel and there. I went to bed for a couple of hours and went down to breakfast. I shared an elevator with Belarus on the way down. I walked through the dining room to all the teams that live there. Met several players on the way down. I said that I had not received a response to my PCR test and kept my distance. It seems that many were hysterical, but I stood my ground there. Had he been infected, he would have been in close contact with many.

The positive tests come after the chaos of the infection even before the championship began: the United States and the Czech Republic have had to withdraw from the World Cup after several cases of infection.

Now there are four players from Cape Verde (the whole team will be tested on Friday), two players from Slovenia (who will be tested again), one player from Brazil (the whole team will be tested on Friday), one case that came from the USA. ., Where the person is isolated at the airport, and a positive case of a Portuguese associated with the media.

The association further writes that there were a couple of positive cases among hotel employees prior to the championship, but that all tests have been negative since the teams arrived in Egypt.

In addition, the association closely follows the situation of all parties and write that on Thursday they sent people to the championship who have not followed the infection control guidelines.

The association also writes that the few spectators who were present for Wednesday’s opening match were largely credited and that the association has contacted the organizer to ensure that only television and others in the media remain. within the crown bubble can access. be in the stands.

PS: Norway lost their first World Cup match against France on Thursday. See the highlights of the match here: