All sporting activities are to be suspended for the next four weeks, in response to the outbreak of coronavirus in Ghana, the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced.
The president made the announcement in an address to the nation on Sunday evening after the country confirmed 4 new cases of COVID-19 which brought the total number of infections in Ghana to 6.
The decision means the Ghana Premier League, the Ghana Division One league as well as the women’s league competitions will all grind to a halt for the next one month.
The Ghana Athletics Association’s national circuit Championships as well as all impending school sporting activities have all been suspended.
Several major leagues around the world have all been suspended in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus and CAF canceled all Afcon 2021 qualifying matches which were set to be played in the last week of March.