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Africa News of Tuesday, 14 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Burundi halts footballing activites over COVID-19

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With five cases of coronavirus, the Burundi Football Federation has suspended footballing activities.

The federation had earlier refused to suspend matches saying it had introduced measures to protect players against the virus.

However, with latest developments, the country's footballing arm suspended local matches, two weeks after the country confirmed its first case of coronavirus.

The federation said after analysing the competition it had seen that it was still possible to achieve the May 30 deadline to submit finalists for international competitions.

It said it was re-arranging the calendar and would resume local competition before the deadline, BBC says

Burundi was the only African country that was still having football matches despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.