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Algeria cancels all sports, cultural, political gatherings due to coronavirus

Algeria cancels all sports, cultural, political gatherings due to coronavirus

The Algerian government has canceled all sports, cultural, political
gatherings as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus.

“All sports, cultural, political gatherings are called off. All
exhibitions and fairs are cancelled. We’re taking no risks,” Health
Minister Abderahmane Benbouzid announced.

The minister said football matches could go ahead but only behind closed doors.

“It’s official, these are recommendations that will be confirmed by
the youth and sports ministry,” the health minister told a forum in
Algiers organised by a government newspaper.

“The president (Abdelmadjid Tebboune) has instructed us to ban all gatherings, including at stadiums,” he said.

“We are still at phase one, a fact-finding and surveillance phase.
We’ve started to build up a stock of masks and medication. It’s an
advantage for us to start early when we have only 20 cases.”

So far, Algeria has 20 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 17 members of the same family.

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