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Football Fans In Rio Will Be Allowed To Enter Stadiums Starting July 10

Starting from July 10, football fans in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will be allowed to enter stadiums to watch matches. But, it will be only at one-third capacity as stated under an official decree by city mayor Marcelo Crivella.

Within the total capacity in the stadiums, only one supporter was limited for every 4 square meters and tickets will only be sold online.

The capacity will then move to two-third on August 1 and it will be able to function fully with no restrictions starting on August 16.

It is also stated that all football clubs in Rio have been given permission to use all their training facilities. But, only three facilities that cannot be used and that are swimming pools, hot tubs, and saunas.

The state championship has resumed its competition and play behind closed doors on June 18 after 3-month hiatus because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

But two days later, the league that consists of professional teams within Rio state was suspended so that sanitary protocols can be implemented by all the teams.

The matches were scheduled to restart on Sunday with 4 matches as part of matchday 17.

Brazil is still the second-highest country that has most COVID-19 cases behind the United States. Until now, 1.3 million cases were confirmed and more than 57,000 death cases have been reported.

Source: The Jakarta Post, Outlook India

Adib Mohd

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