Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, February 27 (Reporter Liu Wei) according to a report on Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the current Coronavirus epidemic has spread in parts of Germany, the German federal government has not considered “overall restrictions” on holding sports events “.
The German interior minister zehofer said: “When we assess whether we need to take restrictive measures for a certain event, the key point is whether there are many people from areas with severe epidemic, or places with high risk of infection come to participate in or watch the competition. Different competitions may have different evaluation results. It is too early to make a unified decision now. On the 28th, We will systematically evaluate the major events in the near future.”
It is understood that the German Football Association has not yet imposed restrictions on the German and German professional league, but some local football associations have made a decision to cancel the competition. The China Rhine Football Association announced on the 27th that it decided to cancel all men’s football, women’s football and youth competitions held in the local area next week in view of the confirmed case of new coronavirus pneumonia in Heinsberg.
According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports, 14 confirmed patients were added on the 27th Nordrhein-Westfalen where Heinsberg was located. After Heinsberg had confirmed cases, hundreds of people needed to be isolated and observed at home. Nordrhein-Westfalen, with dense cities and frequent personnel exchanges, it is one of the most developed areas of German professional football. Currently, it has 7 Bundesliga and 2 German and B teams, and the low-level Amateurish League is also very active.
Jens Shipan, the German health minister, said: “The situation faced by Heinsberg football match at this time is completely different from that faced by other games in areas where the epidemic has not yet occurred, and needs to be treated differently.”
Affected by the epidemic, the important sports events that Germany has canceled at present include: the German Badminton Open originally planned to be held in milheim on March 3-8, and the Billiards World Cup originally planned to be held in fairson on March 5-8. Milheim and Filson are both Nordrhein-Westfalen cities.