The Confederation of the African Football (CAF) announced on Friday that fans would not be allowed to attend Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 qualifiers matches.
"The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) brought together, on November 4, 2020, by videoconference, the national safety and security officers (NSSO) of the Member Associations to inform them and train them on the new safety and security protocol imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and to supervise the resumption of qualifying matches for the Total Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021," CAF said in a statement.
These decisions came after a video conference meeting with national safety and security officers (NSSO) of the Member Associations to inform them with the recent decisions regarding the precautionary measures, taken by the football's governing body in Africa .
The official statement is as follows:
In total, around sixty security officers comprising of National Safety and Security officers of Member Associations and appointed CAF safety and security officers attended the meeting, anxious to know how security protocol will be observed in the context of these international matches. The following points were presented by the Head of CAF Safety and Security Department:
- the organization of matches behind closed doors and without spectators,
- the new accreditation control mechanism and new accreditation zones,
- the differences between upcoming matches and previous ones,
- the need for each Member Association (MA) to have a good safety and security plan before the effective resumption of official matches.
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