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Following growing concern over the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the CAF emergency committee has decided to postpone the African Nations Championship (Chan) in Cameroon until further notice.
The report of a recently concluded medical inspection visit was taken into consideration, the African football governing body said in letter addressed to general secretariats of its member federations.
- Even though the situation is considered as being under control in Cameroon and as per the advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the crisis is not yet stabilised in Africa and it’s very difficult to predict its evolution in the next few days;
- Travelling across the continent is getting increasingly complicated, and even impossible for some countries, due to the restrictions put in place by the different governments; and
- For all these reasons, and to avoid any useless risk, the medical committee’s proposal was to unanimously postpone the Chan.
The emergency committee also decided it was necessary to postpone the planned executive committee and 42nd general assembly initially scheduled on the April 24 in Cameroon.
Read: CAF cancels Afcon qualifiers amid Covid-19 fears
CAF has assured that it was monitoring the situation closely and working with the competent authorities such as the WHO on the impact of the virus in the continent and CAF competitions.
The continental football controlling body added that its administration would propose the potential new dates in “due time depending on the improvement of the situation”.
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