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The African Football Confederation (CAF) confirmed that it met via video link with the national security officials of the member associations to inform and train them on the new security protocol imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to monitor the Resumption of the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.
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According to the CAF statement, around 60 security officers from the national security and security coordinators of the member federations and the security and protection coordinators appointed in the African Union attended the meeting. The meeting witnessed the enthusiasm of attendees to learn how to apply and adhere to security protocol in the context of these international matches. Show the following points:
Organize matches behind closed doors and without an audience
The new appropriation monitoring mechanism and new appropriation areas
– The difference between the following and previous matches.
The need for each member federation to have a court level security and protection plan before the effective resumption of official matches.
The statement indicated defining the duties of national security and protection officials, providing them with practical advice and guidelines on each of these points.
Dr. Christian Emerowa, Director of the Department of Safety and Security, said: “Our goal is to ensure that there are standardized safety and security operations throughout Africa, with an emphasis on ensuring that the matches take place in a safe and secure environment. From here we feel the need to guide all national security and protection officers, as well as CAF officials designated for security and protection, on the best practices in these circumstances. The protection of players and officials before, during and after the game is of great importance in our operations. We need to ensure effective coordination between security and protection officials AND all other health officials who will participate to the maximum in the start of each game.
National security and protection officers will receive a detailed protocol for each match, to guide them through the various stages of organizing international matches scheduled for November 9-17, 2020.
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