The Mauritius Football Association (MFA) have announced the abandonment of all their football leagues due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

MFA released a statement, declaring that all their regional and national leagues will be stopped and abandoned.

“After considering the opinion of each member and mainly in consultation with the authorities during the past week, it has been, hence, decided that the current season 2019/20 ends up with immediate effect,” said a MFA statement.

The world is battling the outbreak of the coronavirus which has spread around many countries killing more than 82 thousand people with more than 1.4 million infected worldwide.

268 cases of the COVID-19 have been reported in Mauritius with 7 deaths recorded.

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many countries to suspend their footballing activities in order to inhibit the spread of the virus.

Kelvin Trudeau Musako

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