Brazil's six-time world player of the year Marta has tested positive for COVID-19,but there are no details about her condition.
Retired Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho was released from house arrest on Monday after spending five months detained in Paraguay for entering the country with a false passport.
On Tuesday Brazil brought detailed COVID-19 data back to its national website after a Brazilian Supreme Court justice ruled the full set of information,removed over the weekend,be reinstated.
Brazil's public health officials remain adamant that quarantines and social distancing are still needed,but President Jair Bolsonaro continues to urge his supporters to protest against them,while flouting the rules himself.
Ronaldinho and his brother were held in jail for 32 days before being released on $1.6 million bail.
Two-time player of the year and Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho will be released after posting bail but remains under house arrest.
Two world-famous stadiums are now part of the frontline response to the coronavirus in Spain and Brazil.
Brazil's most populated city entered a 15-day lockdown on Tuesday,despite President Jair Bolsonaro's blasé response to the rapidly spreading coronavirus.
A protest in masks and a threatened strike have pre-empted the suspension of Brazilian soccer.
A box of Ronaldinho jerseys might never be opened with the Brazilian unlikely to play in the Football For Fires charity match after being arrested in Paraguay.
The former Brazilian international star Ronaldinho Gaucho and his brother were ruled a flight risk after allegedly entering the country with falsified documents.