Argentina ready to host Copa America

AFP, Buenos Aires :
Argentina is ready to host the Copa America, President Alberto Fernandez confirmed Sunday, despite the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic that killed more than 70,000 people in his country.
The tournament is due to kick off on June 13 even as the coronavirus is ravaging the continent and despite the delicate political situation in co-host Colombia, which is convulsed by anti-government protests.
“We were consulted and said yes. With all due care. This would be a Copa America for television, that must be said. Under those terms we would be willing to honor our commitment,” Fernandez said in a statement to television channel C5N Argentina.
“The rest depends on how everything evolves and what Colombia is also going to do.”
Argentina is going through its worst phase since the pandemic began, passing 3.3 million infections this weekend with a total of 70,552 deaths.