Benfica basketball suspended indefinitely – Basketball

Benfica announced this Wednesday that activity in the club’s senior basketball teams has been suspended since September 10, and without a deadline to resume, after the Covid-19 positives were recorded. According to the eagles, “the contingency plan for the evaluation and control of the infection was launched,
always in close coordination with the health authorities “.

Faced with this situation, which paralyzed sport in Luz, this year’s edition of the International Men’s Basketball Tournament will cease to take place.

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica informs that the activity of the senior basketball teams has been suspended since September 10 and will continue until an indication articulated with the local health authorities and the club’s medical department, following cases of COVID-19.

Given the suspicions of contagion, Sport Lisboa e Benfica immediately suspended the training sessions of the basketball teams (men’s, women’s and U-22) on Thursday of last week and launched its contingency plan for evaluation and control. of Covid-19 infection, always in close coordination with the health authorities.

All identified cases are being adequately monitored, without criteria of clinical severity to date. The rest of the elements are also being monitored in case it is necessary to act. Given this situation, this year’s edition of the International Men’s Basketball Tournament will cease to take place.

It should be noted that Sport Lisboa e Benfica implemented from the first hour all the measures recommended by the health authorities, that is, the rules and guidelines of the DGS in this matter, and has a multidisciplinary team dedicated to the prevention and mitigation of the risk of contagion by Covid-19, which made it possible to quickly identify and isolate all suspected cases. ”