WILLEMSTAD - The Caribbean Baseball Cup in Curaçao has been pushed back from April to May because of an increase in coronavirus cases on the island.
May 8 to 15 had been given as the new window for the event, which was previously set to begin on April 17.
Curaçao reported more than 400 daily cases of COVID-19 today and more than 200 the day before, and with the infection rate increasing the Government has introduced a partial lockdown, a night curfew and banned group sport.
"We understand that it is the right thing to do for everyone," Caribbean Baseball Cup general director Manuel Frías said.
"We have to safeguard the physical integrity of each member of the participating delegations and also of all those who make up the Organizing Committee of this cup."