Morocco maintains African cup postponement

This decision was “dictated by health reasons of the highest dangerous, linked to serious risk of spread of the deadly Ebola pandemic,” the ministry said, adding that Morocco’s decision appears “perfectly acceptable” to justify an adjustment calendar of CAN and thus reproduce the pattern of 2012 and 2013 editions in the years 2016 and 2017.

The same source noted that the decision of the Kingdom of Morocco is well linked to the “occurrence of a force majeure strictly health, namely the risk of pandemic disease Ebola and harmful and uncontrollable consequences it could generate, especially in terms of human losses. “

 “In response to the letter of November 3, 2014 addressed by the CAF and the Moroccan authorities at the meeting held on the same day between the Ministry of Youth and Sports, CAF and FRMF on the FCA decision of maintaining CAN 2015 as originally planned, from 17 January to 8 February 2015, the Kingdom of Morocco maintains its request for postponement of the Orange CAN 2015 to 2016, “the ministry said.

 In fact, continues the same source, the Kingdom of Morocco has always demonstrated its resolved to host this prestigious competition and ambition he has maintained commitment to the CAN 2015 a special edition, noting that Morocco has undertaken a tremendous job in preparing his application and granted subsequently, an equally uneven effort to upgrade its sports facilities and finalization of detailed organizational aspects.

The release also notes that beyond the scope of this sporting event, “Morocco is mainly due to reaffirm its commitment to further strengthen its relations, as secular as deep, with brothers and African countries to devote more values and universal principles of tolerance, openness, respect and solidarity that African people share. ” He added that information from the Moroccan Ministry of Health based on the recommendations of the National Scientific Committee Ebola, basing itself on the latest reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the evaluation of the situation, show clearly the worrying developments in the pandemic of Ebola, severe and often fatal disease virus.

Indeed, this disease has killed more than 5,000 dead in a few months and more than 13,000 people affected. WHO predicts that this number could exceed 20,000 in the coming months.

“This decision is motivated mainly by the medical risks that would put this virus on the health of our fellow Africans”, explains the Ministry of Youth and Sports, noting that the WHO clearly recognizes that mass gatherings (RM ) are factors that increase the risk of importation and International spread of communicable diseases, because these gatherings attract a large number of visitors from different countries.