The Saudi Football Association decided to isolate any player suspected of being infected with the new Corona virus, before starting any match in the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman Cup.
"Register a case of suspicion for any player before the start of any match that will lead us to isolate the player and remove him from participation," Ibrahim Al-Qasim, Secretary-General of the Saudi Football Association, Al-Qasim, said at the guiding symposium to resume the Saudi football competitions on Saturday.
The newspaper quoted the "Middle East" the Secretary-General as saying: "From the moment of the announcement of the resumption of activity from the Ministry of Sports, an operations room was formed among its tasks to ensure the return of foreign players and coaches to all clubs participating in the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Cup, and the Prince Mohammed bin Salman League for first-class clubs And the second-tier league, as communication with all clubs began and work to establish a statistics on the whereabouts of the players, and it was approved to allocate 5 private aircraft to transport players from Egypt, Tunisia and Brazil in addition to two planes to transport players from the rest of the countries, with a total of beneficiaries that reached approximately 523 people. .
For his part, Dr. Saleh Al-Harthy, head of the medical committee in the Saudi Federation, reviewed the role of the medical committee in the Corona pandemic, and the recommendations that it presented after the formation of the operations room, the most prominent of which is the medical survey of club employees of players and administrative and technical bodies to ensure the safety of all, in addition to the gradual entry of training and even access To hold friendly matches, Al-Harthy provided a detailed explanation of the medical protocol approved by the Ministry of Sports for the return of sports competitions.
Al-Harthi said that they sent a recommendation to all clubs to do a closed camp a week before the resumption of competitions, "in order to reduce the injury of any of the players in Coruna."
Al-Harthy also clarified that the existing protocols are subject to change and amendment according to any developments monitored by the concerned state agencies.
Al-Harthi indicated that foreign rulers will undergo a coronary examination 48 hours before their arrival in Saudi Arabia and after their arrival, house isolation will be applied to them until they are assured of their safety, a process that takes approximately seven days.