The International Table Tennis Federation announced on the 25th that it decided to postpone the 2020 World Table Tennis Team Championship originally scheduled to be held in Busan, South Korea on March 22-29 in view of the current grim situation of the new Korean Championship pneumonia.

Xinhua news agency, Seoul, February 25 (reporter Lu ruigeng Xuepeng) The International Table Tennis Federation announced on the 25th that in view of the current severe situation of Korea’s New Coronavirus epidemic, due to the fact that for players, staff, considering the safety and health of the fans, they decided to postpone the 2020 World Table Tennis Team Championship scheduled to be held in Busan, South Korea on March 22-29.

According to the statement issued by the International Table Tennis Federation, the International Table Tennis Federation held an emergency meeting with South Korea’s Kwan union and Busan for consultation. The meeting decided that the 2020 World Table Tennis Team Championship will be temporarily postponed to June 21-28. Meanwhile, pay close attention to the epidemic situation in the next few weeks.

The statement said that the schedule of the postponed group World Table Tennis Championships had a collision period with the Korean Open and the Australian Open. At present, the International Table Tennis Federation is discussing with the organizing committee of the two races to agree to reschedule.

Recently, the number of confirmed patients with covid-19 in South Korea has increased significantly. As of 9:00 local time on the 25th, the number of confirmed cases in South Korea has increased to 893, including 29 confirmed cases in Busan. There were 8 cumulative deaths, 22 cured and discharged, and the remaining 863 confirmed patients were receiving isolation treatment.

By 上海

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *