Di Democratic Republic of Congo World Cup squad don dey told to isolate for 21 days before dem fit enter US because of Ebola outbreak. Di team dey train for Belgium after dia training camp for Kinshasa wey dem cancel.
Andrew Giuliani, wey be executive director of White House Task Force for World Cup, say di squad must remain for inside ‘bubble’ for Belgium. ‘Dem need to maintain dat bubble or dem risk not being able to travel to di United States. We cannot be any clearer,’ he tell ESPN.
Di US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) don ban entry from non-Americans wey don dey DR Congo, Uganda or South Sudan for di previous 21 days. All DR Congo players dey based outside di country and dem no go affect by restrictions now wey di training camp don cancel.
‘If dere be other people wey go come in, dem need to get separate bubble from dat team,’ Giuliani tok. ‘If dem end up coming, and any of dose people end up symptomatic, dem dey risk di entire team being able to come and compete for dis World Cup.’
On Friday, di public health risk from Ebola outbreak for DR Congo na wey dem raise from ‘high’ to ‘very high’ by di World Health Organization (WHO). WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus say di risk for di wider region for Africa na ‘high’ but e remain ‘low’ globally.
DR Congo dey due to play friendlies against Denmark on 3 June for Belgium and Chile on 9 June for Spain. Di World Cup run from 11 June to 19 July, and DR Congo go play Portugal for dia opening game on 17 June.
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