Caf Medical Officer, Dr Prince Pamboe has advised the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to consider restarting the football season between October and November due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2019/20 Ghana Premier League season was suspended in March, 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
According to the former Black Stars medical officer, the Covid-19 will have a lot of impact on football when it returns immediately thus rescheduling the season to October and November will be safer for all stakeholders.
He explained that, the suspension of the league due to the Covid-19 has impacted club administrators financially and without any league sponsorship the owners must be considered since they will be affected when the league resumes immediately.
He also mentioned that attendance at the various stadia will also decrease due to the effects of the Covid-19 because it will take a while for people to come to terms with reality when the disease is controlled.
“Football plays a key role in the mode of transmitting the Covid-19. If football starts there a lot of things that must be put in place, such as mass testing for supporters”, he told Happy FM.
He added, “The current season must be put in hold and may be we can restart our games in October and November if its safer by then. Even the FIFA President Gianni Infantino has quoted that no football match is important than human life”.