CAMAGÜEY.- The provincial director of sports, Mario Núñez, announced that the pitcher Adrián Pérez tested positive for COVID-19, hours after it was decided to stop the team's preparation for technical reasons.
"After a week of diagnosis, the group of coaches decided to stop the work to reorganize the groups of athletes and resume action on June 8. An hour later the authorities of the Ministry of Public Health notified the positive result for the Coronavirus of one of the boys according to the PCR of the collected samples, "said the manager at a press conference.
He added that Adrián was immediately transferred to an institution where he received the first medical attention and the rest of the players and teachers who were in the bubble were isolated.
However, the provincial baseball commissioner, Duniesky Pacheco, stressed that stopping training is a purely technical decision, since "some athletes who were in the main group are not in good physical shape and others who were out of the bubble showed more conditions. For this reason, we are going to reorganize the budget and human resources to return to the field with a more select group and with all the conditions. In the second half of June the position players will also join ".
Adelante.cu spoke with Adrián Pérez, who thanked the fans for their concern and said he felt good. "As soon as I arrived they injected me with Interferon and a few hours later I felt the reactions typical of this medicine, but I am already better."
In the meeting with the specialized press, it was also known that the gardener Dany Luaces was loaned for two years to Ciego de Ávila with the aim of receiving more opportunities and continuing his sports development.
In addition, it was learned that the leadership of Inder in Matanzas did not pronounce on the request for the release of Dariel Góngora, for which arbitration was requested from the National Baseball Commission.
SPORTS EVENTS SUSPENDED UNTIL JULY 31ST
The National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder) announced the suspension of all national and international events and competitions convened in Cuba until July 31st, as part of the confrontation with the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a press release published on the JIT website, the Inder states that the measure gives continuity to the provisions regarding cancellation and / or postponement of competitive and other events, based on what is demanded by the health situation generated by the pandemic.
We clarify that the internal confrontation approved for athletics and other preparatory firing actions related to getting fit for the Tokyo Olympic Games will take place behind closed doors, without the presence of the media, and in full compliance with current health regulations, the text adds.
Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez