A COVID-19 é uma doença infecciosa, com transmissão respiratória, ocasionada pelo novo coronavírus. Em virtude da alta transmissibilidade viral, as atividades desportivas foram severamente impactadas em todo o mundo e, no Brasil, o futebol foi paralisado por cerca de quatro meses. O objetivo do estudo foi identificar as atividades com maior risco em um clube de futebol da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, a partir de estudo transversal com ênfase semiquantitativa. Os resultados demonstraram que o treino físico mostrou maior número de toques (105) com grande prevalência de mão na bola (94%). A pesquisa de anticorpos identificou que 24,2% testaram positivo para IgG durante o estudo. Durante a fase de treinamento não foram identificados casos de transmissão do SARS-CoV-2 entre jogadores e staff. Acredita-se que as medidas de biossegurança e o comprometimento individual e coletivo de todos no isolamento social e nas medidas de higiene constituem importante estratégia para a viabilidade das atividades esportivas.
The COVID-19 pandemic directly reached and impacted upon elite sports and caused the postponement of sporting events globally. In order to enable the return of activities, protocols were created with recommendations to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The objective of this work is to analyze and compare the safe return protocols of major football leagues and associations to those of the Brazilian Championship, as well as to survey the numbers of COVID-19 outbreaks in clubs that competed in the 2020 Brazilian Championship Series A. The documentary research was carried out through the analysis of articles published on open-source football league and federation websites. National and international return protocols were verified, as well as the documenting of isolated cases and outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Brazilian Championship. In the Brazilian Championship, the return to play occurred at a time when COVID-19 case numbers were rising, a fact that, together with the decentralization of the match cities, was likely linked to the number of positive cases. A total of 302 positive cases of COVID-19 were identified in 14 outbreaks during the competition. Therefore, this work identifies good practice and underscores the need to reassess and refine the protocols to minimize the impacts of COVID-19 going forward.
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