Abstract
The current paper aims to present the situation of COVID-19 cases recorded among the teams participating in Liga Florilor MOL and Liga Zimbrilor (the best senior leagues in Romania), the monthly distribution of the number of no-shows due to coronavirus and the analysis of teams’ adaptability to the new anti-COVID-19 regulations as regards the number of sanctions received for non-compliance with these rules. The novel coronavirus affected all teams participating in Liga Florilor MOL and Liga Zimbrilor. In total, 365 people including players and staff were infected with SARS CoV-2 during this season. Eight teams were in the situation of not being able to participate in handball tournaments, and 24 games were decided at the green table due to COVID-19, meaning 5.86% of the total number of games scheduled for the best men’s and women’s leagues in the 2020-2021 season. The Romanian Handball Federation organized 207 “bubble system” tournaments for all competitive categories, of which 31 were organized for Liga Florilor MOL (17) and Liga Zimbrilor (14). Throughout the season, the teams successfully adapted to the new rules against the spread of the SARS CoV-2 virus. The sanctions imposed for non-compliance with these rules, excepting the games ended 10:0, were extremely low in numbers. A single pecuniary penalty was applied, which was doubled by an exclusion from that tournament. In addition, a single warning was given to a team that violated the ban on using the locker room inside the sports hall.
Highlights
“For the third time in as many decades, a zoonotic coronavirus has crossed species to infect human populations.” (Perlman, 2020, p. 760)
The current paper aims to present the situation of COVID-19 cases recorded among the teams participating in Liga Florilor MOL and Liga Zimbrilor, the monthly distribution of the number of no-shows due to coronavirus and the analysis of teams’ adaptability to the new anti-COVID-19 regulations as regards the number of sanctions received for non-compliance with these rules
Testing frequency should be determined for the early detection of a person’s disease and to facilitate an athlete’s efforts to minimise the potential spread of the virus to other participants (DiFiori et al, 2020). These two conditions were fully respected by the Romanian Handball Federation and its affiliated members but at the same time raised many problems for those involved due to high implementation costs and the complexity of tournament scheduling, given that other 5 men’s teams and 5 women’s teams were participating in the European cups organized by the European Handball Federation in the 2020-2021 season, which are generally scheduled in parallel with local competitions, with priority for European ones
Summary
“For the third time in as many decades, a zoonotic coronavirus has crossed species to infect human populations.” (Perlman, 2020, p. 760). “COVID-19 is a part of family viruses causing diseases in both animals and humans.” According to Memish et al (2019), musical, religious or sporting mass gatherings have undoubtedly contributed to the spread of infectious diseases. The pandemic has spread around the world in different ways, and “the countries entered a pandemic situation at different times” The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Romania on 26 February 2020. Considering the evolution of the epidemiological situation caused by the rapid proliferation of the disease (Da Silva Musa et al, 2020), the President of Romania signed 16 March 2020) the decree regarding the establishment of the state of emergency on the territory of Romania for a period of 30 days
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