The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has excused tales that following month's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) could be gotten away from Cameroon following the new disclosure of the new Omicron variation of Covid-19.
The new variation has prompted travel limitations being presented by certain nations for quite a long time countries, with Nigeria, which neighbors Cameroon, the most recent to be added to the United Kingdom's 'red rundown'.
Lately, a few media associations have proposed the dates of the 24-group competition could change or even the area be moved, perhaps to Qatar.
Caf's overseer of correspondences Alex Siewe says neither his association nor driving Cameroon authorities have examined such occasions.
"We can't continue investing energy managing bits of hearsay," he told BBC Sport Africa.
"We didn't get some other message or data from our chiefs – nothing, for example, changing of dates or nations. We didn't talk about such during all our last gatherings."
"We are nearby. We are working."
Africa's football show-stopper, which has effectively been deferred in light of the worldwide pandemic, is because of start up on 9 January in Yaounde with the last on 6 February.
Staff from the Caf showed up in Cameroon this week to sort out the Afcon finals.
"An authority assignment from Caf has been delivered and general secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba is going along with us in two days," Siewe added.
The European Club Association, an autonomous body which addresses clubs across Europe, has communicated its "profound worries" in regards to player government assistance before the competition, adding that the general wellbeing circumstance "keeps on crumbling in a disturbing way".
Source: BBC
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