The decree further states that from 1 August, stadiums will be allowed to fill two-thirds of their capacity, and that from August 16, there will be no more restrictions.
Starting the July 10, spectators must be distributed in the stands respecting a distance of 4 meters squares per person, without further details, and the sale of tickets must be done online, says the decree published in the city’s official journal.
The Rio state football championship was the first to resume in a South America hard hit by the pandemic of Covid-19.
The carioca championship, which opposes professional teams of Rio de Janeiro State, resumed with in camera meetings thursday 18 and Friday June 19, Although the Brazil the second most affected country in the world by the new coronavirus which has done some 57,000 dead for a total of 1.3 million cases of infection.
The resumption of the championship nonetheless aroused opposition from several clubs, including Fluminense and Botafogo, who went to court to demand the suspension.
Justice finally forced them to regain the grounds from this Sunday, June 28, when they claimed not to play at least before July.
This Sunday, Botafogo must receive Cabofriense, and Fluminense the team of Volta Redonda. The Flu, one of the great clubs of Rio de Janeiro, was however authorized Friday not to play this meeting at the legendary stadium Maracana, which hosts a field hospital for patients with Covid-19.
Is the Maracana that the first game of the resumption of the championship took place behind closed doors Flamengo and Bangu.
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