Several English media revealed yesterday that the English Football Association and the Premier League League, in coordination with the authorities in Britain, have agreed on a set of precautionary measures to besiege the danger of the spread of the new Corona virus «COFED 19», which began to claim lives and outbreaks across the territories. British during the past few days. At the forefront of these measures is a plan to prevent the elderly over 70 from attending matches in various competitions, especially the English Premier League.
And the British channel «Sky» said yesterday that the authorities in the country see that the elderly are the most vulnerable to the serious complications of the Corona virus, which leads to death, especially in this age group. As of the writing of this report, the number of cases in Britain reached 164, including two deaths, including a grandfather at the age of 88, who died the day before yesterday.
Health representatives, the British government, and local authorities met with sports officials in Britain to develop plans to besiege the disease, including screening procedures in various stadiums, as well as preventing large gatherings, as well as seriously thinking about preventing mass attendance in general, but so far they will rely on preventing the elderly in a step First, and follow the development of the virus spread in the country.
In other European countries, the Serie A Italian League is the only Serie A whose matches play behind closed doors and without an audience, besides postponing a large number of different sports competitions and demonstrations, including the two semi-finals of the Cup, which were scheduled for the middle of last week.
And Sky says that the Football Association and the association are negotiating with the transport channels to broadcast the matches for free, in case there is a decision to prevent the fans from attending the matches in the coming period. In the event that the virus spreads further and deaths increase, the British government will be obliged to prevent the fans entirely from the stadiums for at least a full month, although this, according to the newspaper The Sun, threatens to lose at least 100 million pounds per month for English clubs in the event that this happens. .
In France, the meeting of Saint-Germain and Strasbourg in the league was postponed indefinitely, because the city of Strasbourg is considered the most suffering from the spread of Corona in France, where the number of cases reached more than 600 and nine deaths. In France, too, many sporting events and tournaments have been postponed or canceled, among them the Paris Marathon, which was postponed until October 18 next to the Paris Nice stage in Tour de France. In Spain, the only match that is decided to be held without an audience is the one that brings together next Wednesday, between Atalanta and Valencia in the European Champions, that Atalanta is an Italian team, and it comes from a region known as the spread of the virus.
Britain considers the elderly to be the most vulnerable to the severe complications caused by infection with the Coronavirus.
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One million pounds sterling monthly losses for England clubs if fans are prevented from attending matches.