Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum has disclosed that players who tested positive for the coronavirus pandemic at national team camp have been isolated from the rest of the squad while those they came in contact have also been quarantined.
Seven players from Ghana’s female junior national teams tested positive for the deadly coronavirus disease just days after camping started.
Players of the women’s national U17 and U20 team, the Black Maidens and Black Princesses respectively, were revealed to have contracted the disease after general tests were carried out on the squad of the two teams.
Henry Asante Twum in an interview said that the Ghana FA has isolated the victims and has disclosed that they continue camping as planned, despite the setback.
The teams are in Cape Coast preparing for various world cup qualifying events but a mandatory coronavirus test appeared to have disrupted the team’s plans after the results of 7 players’ tests – three from the Maidens and four from the Princesses, came back positive.
“What we have done is to isolate the seven players whose tests came back positive. Now because they were sharing rooms with others, all those they came into contact with have also been quarantined and their situation is being monitored.
“We will conduct another test in the coming days to ascertain the situation but camping will go ahead as planned,” Asante Twum said.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) postponed the two-legged Africa U20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers scheduled for next month because of the travel restrictions imposed in some African countries due to COVID-19
The Maidens meanwhile will take on Nigeria in October/November in search of a ticket to represent Africa at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India in 2021.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Sylvester Ntim
