Belarus is the only country in Europe still playing soccer amid the coronavirus pandemic but a growing number of fans are boycotting league matches, anxious about catching the disease.
Soccer Football - Vysheyshaya Liga - FC Neman v Belshina - Stadyen Neman, Grodno, Belarus, April 10, 2020 A fan in the stands despite most sport being cancelled around the world as the spread of coronavirus disease continues REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
“Of course, it is the main problem,” said Belshina coach Eduard Gradoboyev, when asked about the lack of fans. The Belarus football federation initially explained its decision to continue because only a small number of coronavirus cases had been recorded in the eastern European country, but more recently they have declined comment.The clubs say they must comply with the federation’s decision.
In an interview with tribuna.com, he compared the situation to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident in the former Soviet Union, where the authorities concealed the scale of the disaster to the general public for a long time.
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