The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has restated its decision not to allow Guinea to play all its CAF organised competitions at home due to the outbreak of Ebola virus.
In a statement on CAF’s website on Tuesday, the continental soccer governing body debunked the information that it granted Guinea the green-light to host matches at home.
CAF had on Aug. 13 ordered Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to play their home CAF organised competitions on neutral grounds.
The decision taken due to the spread of Ebola virus in the countries was for a period up to mid-September for consultation with the World Health Organization (WHO) and CAF Medical Committee.
“This is contrary to recent false claims disseminated by a section of the media to create the impression that CAF has granted Guinea the green-light to host matches at home.
“CAF wishes to affirm that the circular dated Aug. 13, which states that Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone cannot host matches on their territories due to the Ebola outbreak still holds.
“It was mentioned in that circular that a new assessment of the situation will be discussed in mid-September 2014 in consultation with WHO and CAF Medical Committee,’’ the statement said.It, however, noted that CAF Executive Committee would meet on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 to decide on further precautionary measures to be taken with respect to the affected countries.
“The CAF Executive Committee is scheduled to meet on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa.“There, the Executive Committee will decide on further precautionary measures with respect to countries hit by the Ebola outbreak,’’ the statement said.