AFP, Buenos Aires :
Argentina has suspended a number of upcoming sports events as a precautionary measure to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the sport secretariat said on Wednesday.
The secretariat initially said all March sports events had been suspended, but clarified that the measure only targeted events “due to take place in the next few days in which sports people coming from affected countries were due to take part.”
It said the Fencing World Cup, South American Swimming Championships, Athletics Grand Prix and an Olympic boxing qualification tournament had been postponed.
It also called on “athletes, coaches and officials that have returned to Argentina from those countries affected by the new coronavirus covid-19 … to stay at home for 14 days and not to go to public places such as sports, recreation, work or social areas, even if they don’t display symptoms.”
The decree does not affect local Argentine league football matches or those played in the continental Copa Libertadores, Tourism and Sport Minister Matias Lammens told La Red radio station.
Argentina has suspended a number of upcoming sports events as a precautionary measure to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the sport secretariat said on Wednesday.
The secretariat initially said all March sports events had been suspended, but clarified that the measure only targeted events “due to take place in the next few days in which sports people coming from affected countries were due to take part.”
It said the Fencing World Cup, South American Swimming Championships, Athletics Grand Prix and an Olympic boxing qualification tournament had been postponed.
It also called on “athletes, coaches and officials that have returned to Argentina from those countries affected by the new coronavirus covid-19 … to stay at home for 14 days and not to go to public places such as sports, recreation, work or social areas, even if they don’t display symptoms.”
The decree does not affect local Argentine league football matches or those played in the continental Copa Libertadores, Tourism and Sport Minister Matias Lammens told La Red radio station.
