The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has suspended it matches
in three West African countries hit by the Ebola virus, the body said in
a statement on Tuesday.
Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia will not host Caf matches until
further notice. Teams from those nations will play their home games at
neutral venues.
“Caf will maintain its fixtures across the continent except in three
countries, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, where the Ebola disease has
registered a high record of infection,” Caf’s statement said.
“Caf has asked the concerned Football Federations to move to neutral
countries home games for their teams taking part in Caf competitions,
for a period stretching to mid September 2014.”
The first fixtures to be affected by this measure are the Guinea-Togo
clash of September 5 in Group E of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and
Sierra Leone-DR Congo of Group D on September 10.
Officials from Sierra Leone have indicated plans to play their home games in Accra in Ghana.
The Ebola virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever, has killed 373
people in Guinea, 323 in Liberia and 315 in Sierra Leone. There is no
known cure or vaccines.
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