Guinea Abandons Soccer Season Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

Guinea's League became the third African soccer league to abandon its season because of the Coronavirus outbreak when the Guinean Professional Football League announced on Saturday that all sporting activities in the country would be cancelled.

"We don't know when this pandemic will go away. With the approach of the rainy season and the presence of the pandemic, we have decided that we have to stop the championship," Mathurin Bangoura, president of the Guinean Professional Football League said.

No champions will be crowned, while the top four spots in the league's table would partake in the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup

There will also be no promotion or relegation.

Mauritius became the first African country to halt its season because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Kenya and Angola followed, but clubs in Madagascar voted to attempt to carry on after a meeting on Thursday.

How To protect yourself from COVID-19: 

-Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty as washing hands with soap and water eliminates the virus if it is on the hands.

-When coughing and sneezing, cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – discard tissue immediately into a closed bin and clean your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water to prevent the spread of germs and viruses. If you sneeze or cough into your hands, you can pass the virus to other people that you have contact with.

-Eating fruits and vegetables that contain Vitamin C so that your immune system could be enhanced for better and be able to confront viruses.

-Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth as hands touch many surfaces, which can be contaminated with the virus. If you touch your eyes, nose or mouth with your contaminated hands, the virus from the surface may infect you.

Accordingly, you need to keep surrounding surfaces clean and free of viruses.

Make sure to keep all surrounding surfaces clean, even those that don’t usually cross minds like: keyboards, phone receivers, doorknobs, light switches, and remote controls.