Rio de Janerio: Rio de Janeiro, one of the Brazilian cities was hit by Pandemi Coronavirus, on Friday giving holidays to thousands of fans to attend the Copa America final against Argentina at the Maracana Stadium.
The city has decided to let the crowd up to 7,800 people, 10 percent of the full capacity of the 78,000 stadium.
This will make it the first match in 2021 Copa America, the largest international football tournament in South America, with fans in the stands.
The decision is based on the organizers who present the protocol “operation and accreditation that adopts steps to protect their health involved, using appropriate tools to prevent transmission and propagation of Covid-19”, say notification of official Friday sheets.
Those who want to attend must arrive with the negative Koronavirus test taken no more than 48 hours before.
Once in, they will be asked to observe social distance.
Each side will receive 2,200 tickets for their fans.
The Argentine Football Association said it would give its shares for free to Argentina living in Brazil.
The host hasn’t said how they will distribute them.
The tournament, organized by Conmebol, the South American Football Federation, began on June 13 in Brasilia in the midst of extensive criticism of the decision to give events to Brazil, the state with the victim was killed in the highest Covid-19 after the United States.
Pandemi has claimed more than 530,000 lives in this country – around 29,000 of them in Rio.
The mortality rate of the city of the virus is 432 per 100,000 residents, almost doubling the figures of 252 / 100,000 throughout the country.
Despite the opposition from politicians, citizens and several players and coaches, Brazil agreed at the 11th hour to host the oldest international tournament in the world after Conmebol took it from the host with Argentina, struggling with a surge in Pandemi, and Colombia, where dozens of deaths in anti-.
Government protest.
Strong support for hosting the event comes from far away Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whose most criticized pandemic handling is the subject of parliamentary investigation.
The Copa America took place together with the European champion, which was played at 11 places, with fans.
The euro final at the Wembley Stadium with a capacity of 90,000 on Sundays will be played with around 60,000 spectators.
Rio to allow Brazil-Argentina final fans from Copa America
