Burundi’s football federation has said it is going to carry on with the league after consulting the country’s health minister regarding the coronavirus outbreak, but has introduced a number of measures to try and keep the players safe.
They have been told that they cannot celebrate in groups if one of them scores a goal. They have also been instructed to wash their hands before a match and not to shake hands with the referee or other players.
There are only three rounds of games remaining in the current season in Burundi, where three people in Burundi have tested positive for coronavirus.
As well as Burundi, football continues to be played in Belarus, Nicaragua and Tajikistan, Reuters reports.
Meanwhile, Ethiopia Health Minister Lia Tadesse announces its first coronavirus deaths and said the two victims had been in the intensive care unit
Health Minister Lia Tadesse said the two victims had been in the intensive care unit
Ethiopia’s ministry of health on Sunday announced the country’s first deaths as a result of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus.
The two deaths were announced one hour apart by Health Minister Lia Tadesse.
Dr Lia said the first victim, a 60-year-old woman, had been admitted at an intensive care unit (ICU) at Eka Kotebe hospital for five days before she died.
The second victim, a 56-year-old Ethiopian man, had been in ICU for three days.
Ethiopia currently has 43 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and recorded two deaths.
Ethiopia confirmed its first case on 12 March. It has since closed all land borders, ordered most government employees to work from home and released about 4,000 prisoners as part of measures to curb the spread of the virus.
