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MOSCOW, May 12. / TASS /. The world soccer governing body, FIFA, has moved the date of its annual Congress to September 18 and it will be organized as an online event due to the continued worldwide spread of the new coronavirus, the organization’s press office announced in a released Tuesday. .
The 70th FIFA Congress was originally scheduled to be held in Ethiopia’s capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, on June 5, but FIFA later announced a decision to reschedule the event for September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. .
“Following a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recommendations made by the FIFA-Confederations COVID-19 Working Group, the FIFA Council Bureau has made the following decisions regarding the events of FIFA … The 70th FIFA Congress, which originally took place in Addis Ababa, as an online event on September 18, 2020, “the statement read.
“More details on FIFA events in 2020 will be communicated in due course,” the statement added.
COVID-19
In late December 2019, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the outbreak of previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, central China. Since then, cases of the new coronavirus, named WHO COVID-19, have been reported in all corners of the world, including Russia.
On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic. According to the latest statistics, more than 4,280,000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 288,100 deaths have been reported. In addition, so far, more than 1,543,000 people have recovered from the disease worldwide.
To date, a total of 232,243 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Russia, with 43,512 patients having recovered from the virus. The latest data from Russia indicates 2,116 deaths across the country. Previously, the Russian government established an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.
