Monday, March 3, 2025

COVID-19: Mexican Soccer with an audience despite a rise in cases

Mexico regrets 102,739 deaths, as well as 1,060,152 accumulated cases of COVID-19.

Editorial office. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].

After the Mexican First Division -the highest men's category in the Mexican soccer league system and the country's main club competition- announced a few days ago that no final phase matches will be played in front of an audience, Club Deportivo Guadalajara was given the go-ahead by Mexico's health authorities to attend the 15 percent capacity of Akron Stadium for Wednesday's match against Club America.

Despite the fact that the "sacred flock" - as the Jalisco soccer club is known - sought to open up a 30 percent capacity, the local government of the state of Jalisco only approved half of it, which means only 6,900 spectators will be seated next Wednesday when Club Deportivo Guadalajara hosts Club America in the first leg of the quarterfinals. "Guard1anes 2020".

At a press conference, attended by Enrique Alfaro, governor of the state of Jalisco, Mexico and Amaury Vergara, owner of the local club, it was stated that this will be the pilot test to assess the return to normal; however, there is a "high risk" of COVID-19 infection, According to the epidemiological traffic light established by the Mexican Ministry of Health, which places the state of Jalisco, in week 46 of the pandemic, in orange traffic light - closer to the "maximum risk" of COVID-19 infections - with respect to the pandemic by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Furthermore, no entertainment group will be allowed to enter, nor will children under 12 be allowed to enter the property. In the sale of tickets, preference will be given to subscribers carried out only online. All sanitary practices must be carried out: the use of mouthpieces is mandatory at all times, and shouting must be kept to a minimum, as this act can cause, even with the mouthpiece, the dispersion of particles that transmit the virus; constant hand washing with soap and water or hydroalcoholic solution and "healthy distance" between the 6,900 people in the venue.

In the United States, the NFL is already receiving weekly audiences

The world's leading football league has approved, since September, that certain stadiums can open their doors to a moderate number of fans. They compared the cases of COVID-19 in some of those states, where the average ticket for each game is 20 percent of the venue's capacity, and the operation that will be mounted in the region of Zapopan, Mexico for the most important match in national soccer.

In Indianapolis, the Colts live with 2,500 people each time they are local at Lucas Oil Stadium, while the city accumulates a total of 304,000 positive cases for COVID-19 and 5,332 deaths.

In Florida, the Miami Dolphins receive 13,000 people per game, but the state has reported 945,000 sickened by COVID-19 and more than 18,000 deaths.

For their part, the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans house 20 percent of the capacity of their properties, the AT&T and NRG Stadium, but the figures in Texas are not encouraging, since there are more than a million registered cases of COVID-19 and 21,000 deaths.

In Jalisco, Mexico, where the soccer match between Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Club América will take place, there are 39,173 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 4,638 regrettable deaths.

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