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The worldwide outbreak of corona virus had led to the death of nearly 3,000 people and in a bid to contain its spreading, sporting events around the world are being moved or cancelled.

Gianni Infantino, the president of the sport's world governing body Fifa, said on Friday: "If games have to be postponed or played without spectators until it is over, then we have to go through that."

Games during the March international break could come under scrutiny, including England's friendly against Italy on March 27. Four top-flight matches in Italy, which is also set to host four matches at Euro 2020, were postponed last weekend, while a further five have been called off this weekend, having initially been slated to be played behind closed doors.

EURO 2020
Status: uncertain and being monitored
Fears are mounting that the coronavirus could throw this summer’s European Championship into chaos, with organisers confirming they were “monitoring” the potential pandemic.
The deadly disease struck a fifth country (on Tuesday February 25) scheduled to co-host the first pan-continental Euros, with Spain joining the UK, Germany, Russia and Italy.
Three more nations to have qualified for Euro 2020 – Switzerland, Croatia and Austria – also confirmed their first cases of the virus, which began in the Far East but is now sweeping across Europe.
The spread of the disease in Italy has already decimated football and rugby fixtures there, putting England’s final Six Nations match in Rome firmly under threat.
Rome is also the venue for the opening game of Euro 2020 on June 12, as well as two other group matches – including Italy v Wales – and a quarter-final.
A Uefa spokesman told the Daily Telegraph he was unaware of any formal discussions about the coronavirus and the tournament, with the governing body currently focused on club fixtures to have been affected.
"Euro 2020 will kick off on 12th June 2020 in Rome. Uefa is in touch with the relevant international and local authorities regarding the Coronavirus and its development. For the moment, there is no need to change anything in the planned timetable. The issue will be kept under constant scrutiny."
There are also questions about events taking place later this year, including the 2020 Olympics and Euro 2020.

OLYMPICS
Status: uncertain - to be assessed
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said the body is fully committed to the Tokyo Olympics going ahead on schedule despite the ongoing threat of a coronavirus outbreak.
Bach told Japanese media in a conference call that the IOC “is fully committed to a successful Olympic Games in Tokyo starting July 24.”
Asked whether there were alternatives to holding the Olympics as scheduled, as suggested in a recent interview with IOC member Dick Pound, Bach only said, “I’ll not add fuel to the flames of speculation.”
Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee, this week raised fresh concern by suggesting there is a risk of cancellation if the virus is not contained by the end of May.
Pound says he estimates there is a three-month window to decide the fate of the Games in Japan while it continues to spread. “This is the new war and you have to face it," he told the AP news agency.
"In and around that time, I’d say folks are going to have to ask: ‘Is this under sufficient control that we can be confident about going to Tokyo, or not?’”
Pound's comments came after he British Olympic Association moved to calm a potential diplomatic spat with Japan after a London mayoral candidate caused offence by suggesting the Games should be moved to the British capital due to the coronavirus. Tokyo's governor reacted angrily after Shaun Bailey, the Conservative candidate for mayor, said organisers should "seriously consider" London "given the ongoing disruption" caused by the outbreak. Yuriko Koike said Baily's comments were "inappropriate", and the Daily Telegraph understands the BOA has subsequently contacted both the Tokyo organising committee and the International Olympic Committee to distance British sporting officials from him.

GBOKASINCHA:
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Supersymetry:
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tsephanyah:
Who better to talk the talk and walk the walk. Someone who knows how government works. Hope we hear more from the experts. Let them speak out. This virus has killed less people than the flu does every year.... It's being exaggerated by the pathetic UN media and 33 degree lunatic politicians to cause mass panic.

In total, the WHO estimates that up to 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-2019 flu season, 647,000 people were hospitalized and 61,200 died. That's fairly on par with a typical season, and well below the WHO's 2017-2018 estimates of 48.8 million illnesses, 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths.Jun 20, 2019. You will see people falling over each other if they get a vaccine for the corona virus BUT some don't bother to get the flu shot. 102 children died last year because their parents didn't get them flu shots. There is no cure for the flu either. Amazing. Simply amazing.

Toxay:
The major reason we are concerned is the potential harm Coronavirus can cause not the present amount of death.

The mortality rate is about 20-30 times that of the flu which makes it a more lethal disease.

Also very important is that we can still contain and prevent it from being a global endemic disease like the flu and prevent annual infections which is very important considering how much more lethal it is compared to the flu.

Now about 2,900 people have died in about 87,000 infections worldwide now if 50 million people is infected we are talking about 1.7milion deaths.so it's mostly about the capacity of the Coronavirus

tsephanyah:
[s]Who better to talk the talk and walk the walk. Someone who knows how government works. Hope we hear more from the experts. Let them speak out. This virus has killed less people than the flu does every year.... It's being exaggerated by the pathetic UN media and 33 degree lunatic politicians to cause mass panic.

In total, the WHO estimates that up to 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-2019 flu season, 647,000 people were hospitalized and 61,200 died. That's fairly on par with a typical season, and well below the WHO's 2017-2018 estimates of 48.8 million illnesses, 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths.Jun 20, 2019. You will see people falling over each other if they get a vaccine for the corona virus BUT some don't bother to get the flu shot. 102 children died last year because their parents didn't get them flu shots. There is no cure for the flu either. Amazing. Simply amazing.[/s]

tsephanyah:
Who better to talk the talk and walk the walk. Someone who knows how government works. Hope we hear more from the experts. Let them speak out. This virus has killed less people than the flu does every year.... It's being exaggerated by the pathetic UN media and 33 degree lunatic politicians to cause mass panic.

In total, the WHO estimates that up to 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-2019 flu season, 647,000 people were hospitalized and 61,200 died. That's fairly on par with a typical season, and well below the WHO's 2017-2018 estimates of 48.8 million illnesses, 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths.Jun 20, 2019. You will see people falling over each other if they get a vaccine for the corona virus BUT some don't bother to get the flu shot. 102 children died last year because their parents didn't get them flu shots. There is no cure for the flu either. Amazing. Simply amazing.