Barcelona SC nor the Ecuadorian Football Federation have requested capacity authorization for Yellow Night and qualifying rounds

The increase in cases of contagion with the omicron variant of the COVID-19 puts at risk the presence of fans in the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium, for the World Cup qualifying match Qatar 2022 between Ecuador and Brazil, and at the Monumental Banco Pichincha stadium for the Yellow Night, organized by Barcelona SC.

In the program Right now, radio Diblú, led by Carlos Víctor Morales, Juan Zapata, president of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), confirmed that neither the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) Neither the yellow team have submitted any request for capacity in their stadiums.

“The plenaries of the COE deal with the points when they officially arrive at the national COE secretariat. Until now We do not have that request for capacity suggested by the FEF. I have to be absolutely clear, we have always had a cordial relationship and they have been very compliant with the processes of protocols and recommendations of the national COE; However, as long as we do not have that request, we cannot discuss it in the plenary sessions, ”said the official.

Zapata clarified that any approval of capacity will depend on the level of pandemic that is experienced. “Any resolution of the COE is subject to the epidemiological situation of the country. For us, resolutions always have to be framed in the care of the health and life of Ecuadorians ”.

The former police colonel also warned: “When that request comes, we will have to analyze it and this is a plenary session where we are 20 institutions and 14 have voice and vote; there we will do a roll call vote and always the recommendation of the Ministry of Health it is essential for these types of decisions. Perhaps the conditions when we authorized the Ecuador vs. Chile were totally different from now, we had no omicron, we didn’t have these spikes of contagion, we did not have positivity growth; therefore, the decision could perhaps change ”.

“It is up to us to attend a formal request from the FEF, it is not my responsibility as president of the national COE analyze what the FEF has done (on the sale of tickets). The day that order arrives, we will process it immediately ”.

Regarding the probable presence or not of the public at the Yellow Night, Zapata indicated: “We have no request, I will be in Guayaquil this Thursday because we have a combined national and Guayaquil COE; we are going to analyze the situation in Guayaquil, which is becoming the most complex in the country, that is why the Municipality has made some decisions ”.

Rebound in infections

The ex-uniformed man detailed the contagion figures: “The first week of January he is reporting to us that we can reach the highest peak of contagion of the last twelve months. Two weeks ago we were with approximately 4,300 infections, then it rose to 7,000 and today we report more than 11,350 cases, that gives the guideline that it is a fairly accelerated growth with respect to the situation of the cases and is reflected in the case of positivity ” .

“53% of the positive cases are in antigen testing (fast results) and 38% in PCR tests, when last Friday they were at 31 and 19% respectively. This shows exactly what the omicron variant is with a rather complex contagion rate. This was foreseen, it is the Christmas harvest and next week we will also have, unfortunately, the end of the year harvest, they will be critical weeks “, anticipated who directed the” Blue Hearts “campaign.

About the 2021 LigaPro finals, Zapata said: “The Minister (of Health) said it publicly about the complications of the match in Guayaquil, were affected in epidemiological data; However, all reports from the Intendancy (General Police), Ministry of Health, Risk Management will be dealt with in the plenary session of the national COE when circumstances warrant, that is, when LigaPro requests authorization for both capacity suggested as the start of the championship; there in the COE, which is a plenary session, we will take the resolutions that are considered ”. (D)