According to the plan of the General Department of Sports (Sports), at the end of 2021, there will be 21 national sports tournaments held across the country. This is the great effort of the sports industry as well as the localities hosting to bring to the playground that athletes are extremely desired after nearly a year without competing due to the complicated development of Covid-19 epidemic.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thanh Hoa province is responsible for coordinating with relevant units to organize the tournament in accordance with the law of the competition and the regulations, besides ensuring the security and health work in the process of conducting the tournament, ensuring the tournament takes place in a strict and closed process. The delegations to participate in the competition must have the results of the CIVI-19 test according to the local PCR method and must quickly test the Covid-19 quickly when coming to Thanh Hoa.
On November 25, when testing quickly before the tournament, a athlete of Da Nang had a positive result with Covid-19. After being tested by the PCR method, this athlete continued to have a positive result of this fellowship with the entire Da Nang delegation not attending the tournament.
On November 29, the Organizing Committee continued to quickly test Covid-19 for athletes of the delegations to attend the tournament and discover two more athletes of Hai Phong delegation and 1 referee for positive results. By the end of November 29, the tournament played 20 contents and 10 contents of the 30 contents of the competition.
Facing the complicated development of the disease in the tournament, the Organizing Committee asked the General Department of Sports and Physical Training and participating delegations to continue or stop organizing the tournament. The General Department of Sports and Sports said that respect the opinions of the leaders of Thanh Hoa province and the whole 30 delegations attending the tournament agreed to stop the tournament to ensure safety for athletes and avoid spreading disease.
On November 30, the Organizing Committee of the Karatedo Championship 2021 issued a decision to stop organizing the tournament. Currently, Thanh Hoa CDC is conducting the CIVIV-19 test by the PCR method for all athletes and members of the delegations. If the results are negative, the athletes and members of the delegations will be able to return to their localities.