AFP, Buenos Aires :
Argentina was waiting on Thursday to hear back from South American football’s governing body to see if CONMEBOL will be able to follow strict coronavirus health protocols during the Copa America.
“We need to know if CONMEBOL is able to comply with the requirement that we’re putting in place,” Santiago Cafiero, the Chief of Staff to President Alberto Fernandez, told Radio10.
Argentina submitted its “strict protocol” to CONMEBOL on Wednesday during a meeting between President Fernandez and the football governing body’s head Alejandro Dominguez.
The South American country is going through its worst period during the 15-month long pandemic with daily cases at 30,000 and deaths at 500. It is in the middle of a nine-day lockdown.
The country offered to host the entire Copa America after CONMEBOL last week stripped Colombia of co-hosting rights after it asked to have the tournament delayed until the end of the year as it struggles with the pandemic and social unrest.
Following that decision, CONMEBOL said “the organizational and logistical aspects were evaluated – with the eventual authorization of additional sites – and everything concerning the health protocols.”
