Next month's women's Olympic football qualifiers in Wuhan shifted to Nanjing, after a coronavirus outbreak in the central Chinese city
A staff member disinfects at the Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province early on January 22, 2020.
Next month's women's Olympic football qualifiers in Wuhan have been shifted to Nanjing, the Asian Football Confederation said on Wednesday, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus in the central Chinese city. At least 17 people are confirmed to have died and as many as 440 infected from the new SARS-like coronavirus now spreading across China after an outbreak in Wuhan.
"The Asian Football Confederation has agreed to the proposal by the Chinese Football Association to move the Asian Qualifiers Final Round - Group B from Wuhan to Jiangning Football Training Centre in Nanjing," the continental governing body said in a statement. The dates of the February 3-9 tournament remain unchanged with top two teams qualifying for the playoff against group B counterparts for the final two places, alongside host Japan, at the Tokyo Olympics.Australia has issued a travel warning for Wuhan, asking visitors to "exercise a high degree of caution," but their head coach said on Tuesday they were preparing for a Wuhan trip.
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