Brazil Supreme Court allows Copa America to go ahead

BRASILIA: Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday the country can host the Copa America despite the coronavirus pandemic, clearing the way for the troubled football tournament to go ahead in three days.

With voting still under way in an extraordinary virtual session, a majority of the high court’s 11 justices have decided against plaintiffs who argued the South American championships posed an unacceptable health risk.

Various judges however ordered the government to take additional safety measures.

“It falls to (state governors and mayors) to set the appropriate health protocols and ensure they are respected in order to avoid a ‘Copavirus,’ with new infections and the emergence of new variants,”…