Ecuador paralyzes its league due to the expansion of the coronavirus

The Pro Soccer League from Ecuador announced this Thursday the suspension of the tenth date as a consequence of Exception status on 16 of the 24 provinces of the country declared by President Lenín Moreno before the advance of the contagion by covid-19. The tenth day had to be disputed from this friday with the match between October 9 and Deportivo Cuenca and seven matches more would be played in the rest of the Weekend.

The resolution was adopted at the extraordinary session for him Pro League Steering Committee once the Monday through Friday curfew was established between 20.00 hours and lto 05.00 the next day, just like him general confinement between 8:00 p.m. on Friday and 5:00 a.m. on Monday, every weekend until May 20.

Although, the directors did not advance the schedules for the resumption of the tournament, a source from the Pro League told Efe that they could reschedule matches Come in Monday and Friday at the permitted times, that is, up tobefore 8:00 p.m.

All that in the middle of fan protests through the social media, because they consider football as a great option to withstand the confinement of weekends, and because have been isolated the covid cases within football, with the exception of the massive contagion that the Aucas.

Since the expansion of the pandemic in Ecuador in February 2020, the entry of fans to the stadiums was prohibited, amid strict biosafety protocols, which allowed the dispute of last year's tournament and that, according to the directors of the Liga Pro, was also giving results in the dispute of the current season.