The Confederation of African Football, CAF has announced the postponment of the 2020 Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) which was due to be held in Cameroon as part of the global effort to combat the spread of the Coronavirus.
CAF said in an official statement on Tuesday 17th March, 2020, that the decision was arrived at after wide consultation and an on the spot check by a medical team sent to Cameroon to assess the situation on the ground.
“Following the growing concern of the COVID-19 virus and the report of the recently concluded Medical inspection visit to the host country of the Total CHAN, Cameroon 2020, CAF Emergency Committee decided today to postpone the competition until further notice.
“The following factors were taken into consideration by the Medical Committee in its recommendation to the Emergency Committee. – Even though the situation is considered as being under control in Cameroon and as per the advice from the WHO, the crisis is not yet stabilized yet 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.
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“For all these reasons, and to avoid any useless risk, the Medical Committee’s proposal was to unanimously postpone the CHAN.”
“We would like to assure you that CAF is 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.”
CAF Administration will propose the potential new dates in due time depending on the improvement of the situation.
The CHAN tournament in Cameroon was set to begin on the 4th of April, 2020.
4 Comments
Why is Africa can’t be their own man? Must we copy everything the stupid Europeans does? There is no widespread of Corona virus in Africa, but as usual we must copy the Europeans, shame. #WEAKLINGS
@Tola,
On the contrary i think this is wisdom and not weakness. Life above any other interest bro, football inclusive. Avoiding unnecessary and unimportant travels and gatherings be it in Africa, Asia, Europe, North/South America at this point in time is not out of place.
#Sense
“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”.
If you were not so Lazy to have read through the report, you should have seen the reason above’
@Tola, one thing a wise man does is learn from the consequences of the actions of others. It is not about copying what the europeans are doing but about being smart and proactive. The truth is if all these european countries had been proactive and closed their borders or banned public gatherings much earlier, they could have prevented the rapid spread of the virus.
We live in a world were no country is isolated any longer. What is happening in asia, europe or america will inevitably affect africa sooner or later. The wisest thing to do is take precautionary measures and in a timely fashion.
Nigerian government needs to take action and do the same because once it comes into our country, it is going to spread unchecked.