(Reuters) – Paris Saint-Germain have postponed their Qatar winter tour as COVID-19 cases proceed to rise, the French membership stated on Wednesday.
France registered a report of practically 370,000 infections on Tuesday, whereas the seven-day common of recent infections set a brand new excessive of greater than 283,000.
“In view of the well being state of affairs in France, Paris Saint-Germain has determined to postpone the Qatar Winter Tour 2022 to guard the well being of its employees and gamers,” the membership stated on its web site.
PSG have been because of maintain a 3 day mini-training camp within the Gulf state between Jan 16-18 adopted by a match in opposition to an area group in Riyadh on Jan. 19.
The French membership have reported a flurry of COVID-19 cases this month, with a number of gamers, together with ahead Lionel Messi, testing optimistic for the virus.
Daily coronavirus an infection charges reported by Qatar have additionally soared previous earlier peaks recorded in the summertime of 2020, as cases rise throughout all Gulf states.
(Reporting by Silvia Recchimuzzi in Gdansk, enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)
