Paraguay halts soccer restart because 3 teams get virus

By: The Associated Press Posted: 8:34 AM CDT Friday, Jul. 17, 2020 Last Modified: 8:36 AM CDT Friday, Jul. 17, 2020

ASUNCION, Paraguay - The restart of the Paraguayan soccer league was called off Friday after three teams came down with cases of the coronavirus.

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ASUNCION, Paraguay - The restart of the Paraguayan soccer league was called off Friday after three teams came down with cases of the coronavirus.

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ASUNCION, Paraguay – The restart of the Paraguayan soccer league was called off Friday after three teams came down with cases of the coronavirus.

The Paraguayan soccer association said Guarani, 12 de Octubre and San Lorenzo cannot play and train until another medical examination is held.

The soccer association did not say how many players or club staff members have become infected.

A worker from the Paraguayan Public Health Ministry stands after his team conducted passenger control on a bus that was specially organized to bring people from Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the border town of Puerto Falcon, Paraguay, where the border is closed as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19, Friday, July 10, 2020. Many on the bus were elderly Paraguayans returning home after getting stuck in Argentina where they were visiting relatives at the start of the lockdown. The travelers will quarantine in a government-run shelter in Paraguay before being allowed to continue to their homes. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

“The positive cases were detected in exams performed in the middle of the week, with results available since last night,” the association said in a statement. “After those reports, the measures established in the protocols guiding the return of Paraguayan soccer were activated.”

The league had been scheduled to resume Friday after a four-month suspension caused by the pandemic. San Lorenzo was to play General Diaz.

On Saturday, Guarani was scheduled to play Guaireña and 12 de Octubre was to play Sol de America.

Club executives are expected to meet later Friday to discuss whether other matches will go forward.

Paraguay has done comparatively well in combating the virus. Only 27 people in the country of almost 7 million residents have died with the virus of about 3,300 infected.