2024-04-13 01:28:23
Photo: Hansel Leyva
Text: Editorial Cuba Noticias 360
The number of Industriales team players infected with Covid-19 rose to 14 since the announcement of the first cases three weeks ago. As the days go by, several of those infected have reported negative in the tests that have been carried out, which will allow their reappearance with the Havana club this Tuesday, January 5 in the 60th National Baseball Series in search of qualifying for the post season.
The last players reported this Sunday with Covid-19 were Jorge Luis Barcelán, Yosvani Peñalver, and rookie Cristian de Jesús López. The athletes, in an isolation center, are asymptomatic and in good health, where they waited for the New Year with cakes and soft drinks, as Barcelán showed on his Facebook page. In the midst of the bad news, encouraging news emerged: Lisbán Correa and Andrés Hernández tested negative for Covid-19. These were the two players who were isolated in the hotel where the players are staying due to being direct contact with another infected person, according to official sources in the capital. The followers of the so-called “Leones” hope for the speedy recovery of third baseman Barcelán, who currently has an offensive average of .412. Before their series with Guantánamo this coming Tuesday Industriales was in ninth place in the table. The top eight places will go to the postseason.
It is still not clear what the main source of infections has been and whether they have occurred due to violations of health protocols. This focus of Covid-19 in the Industrial team is known at a time when Havana is once again the epicenter of the pandemic in Cuba after the reopening of the borders with the outside world, which has forced the government to close them again with other countries. such as the United States, Mexico, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Panama