The government of the state of Santa Catarina (southern Brazil) on Saturday ordered the cancellation of the meeting of the state football championship between the teams of Avai and Chapecoense, due to cases of coronavirus among the protagonists . The superintendent of regional health vigilance notified the cancellation of the game, supposed to take place on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. GMT, to the two teams. “One of the teams had 14 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and it will be necessary to isolate all the players to follow the necessary protective measures,” the state government said in a statement. According to the Brazilian press, the cases have been detected within the Chapecoense team, of which coach Unmberto Louzer is himself infected. After the Carioca Championship (State of Rio), the Santa Catarina Championship was the second to resume on Wednesday, after 155 days of interruption of competition due to the pandemic. Brazil is the second country in the world most affected by the pandemic after the United States, with at least 70,398 deaths for 1,800,827 confirmed cases, according to the latest assessment communicated by the federal government. In the state of Santa Catarina, the virus has killed 459 people.
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