BOLA GOES ON
MTN/FAZ Super League Management says the league will go on as planned despite some teams having recorded some positive cases of Covid-19.
Some people have expressed concern and called for the league to be cancelled after more positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded at Zanaco FC.
Zanaco who were humiliated 3-0 by a Nkana FC side alleged to have faced the bankers without their Covid-19 results on Wednesday recorded six positive cases of Covid-19.
However, Super Division Manager, Brian Mulenga said the league will not be cancelled until the Ministry of Health gives a directive for the league to be halted again if clubs fail to comply with the guidelines provided.
Mulenga said the league has so far managed to comply with the guidelines of disinfecting the stadium and testing players and isolated those found positive before any game is played.
“We are going to continue with the games, until such a time when the Ministry of Health notifies us to stop playing. We are taking all the necessary precautions,” Mulenga said.
Meanwhile, Mulenga who refused to clear allegations of Nkana having played Wednesday’s fixture without their Covid-19 results said it is not the duty of the league management team to announce Covid-19 results for respective clubs.
“The results are confidential, you must understand that there is medical confidentiality if there are results to be released clubs will release. The association will not release the results to anybody.
“The results are communicated to us by the Ministry of Health. In any case the public relations manager will give a comprehensive statement concerning this and we will provide information on how everything is carried out,” he said.
Nkana are reported to have faced Zanaco without their Covid-19 results thereby breaching the guidelines from the Ministry of Health which provides for all Super Division clubs to undergo Covid-19 testing and provide the results before engaging in any game.
However efforts to get a comment from Nkana were unsuccessful as team manager, Daniel Jele could not give a comment as he was attending a funeral in Livingstone while the club chairman, Charles Chikatazya’s phone went unanswered.