SLFA PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday October 14, 2020
BREAKING NEWS:
THREE TEST COVID-19 POSITIVE FROM NATIONAL TEAM DELEGATION
The Sierra Leone Football Association announces with regret that Leone Stars Captain Umaru ‘Zaingalay’ Bangura and two members of the Sierra Leone National Team Delegation have tested positive for Covid-19 in Niger.
Fitness coach Phillip Kor and Head of Communications for the National Sports Authority Eric Batilo Fomba are the two officials who have also tested positive.
The President of the Sierra Leone Football Association Madam Johansen is in constant touch with the President of Niger FA monitoring the situation with regards to the rest of the delegation whom it is believed have tested negative.
The President of the Niger FA is expected to communicate a final update and clearance for the rest of the delegation to depart for Freetown tomorrow.
In the meantime the three who have been tested positive have been moved to an isolation quarantine unit.
Stay tuned for more…
SLFA Media Department…