Copa America: Chile team hairdresser breaches bubble
Updated On: 22 June, 2021 11:42 AM IST | Rio de Janeiro | AFP
Chile said all members of its delegation took and passed coronavirus tests on Saturday. Vidal had contracted Covid-19 earlier this month and was forced to sit out a World Cup qualifier as he received hospital treatment.
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Chile`s Arturo Vidal. Pic/AFP
Chile`s football federation admitted on Sunday that it broke Copa America health bubble rules by bringing a local hairdresser into their Brazilian hotel. On Friday, ahead of Chile`s 1-0 victory over Bolivia in Cuiaba, senior players Arturo Vidal and Gary Medel published photographs on social media of them receiving haircuts from a local barber, seemingly in their hotel rooms.
Chile`s federation said in a statement published on social media that it "acknowledges the delegation`s breach of the health bubble with the unauthorized entry of a hairdresser who, although testing negative (for Covid-19), should not have been in contact with the players." The federation said the players involved would be fined. The team delegations taking part in the Copa America in Brazil are required to stay in a health bubble to minimize their chances of contracting the novel coronavirus. The Copa America is taking place amidst the coronavirus pandemic in a country that on Saturday surpassed half a million Covid deaths.
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