More COVID disruptions in teams ahead of Africa Cup of Nations | Football Stories

In the best case scenario, travel plans were suspended and the warm-up match stopped just four days before the competition was to begin.

The corona virus epidemic has caused chaos in the Africa Cup of Nations as Senegal is delaying their trip to Cameroon and Burkina Faso is missing players for Sunday’s opener.

Senegal, one of the tournament’s main contenders, has suspended plans to travel after suspicious charges.

Burkina Faso left three players isolated in Abu Dhabi before heading to Yaounde to face Cameroon on Sunday.

Issoufou Dayo, Dramane Nikiema and Kylian Nikiema have been allowed to leave after returning with tests they do not have and are close to missing Sunday’s game, officials said.

Cape Verde, which if Senegal had stayed at its pre-race training ground, said coach Bubista was found with COVID-19 and placed in solitary confinement before leaving on Thursday.

Their preparation met with 21 good tests among players and teammates although the football governing body said five players were being re-trained, three had resigned and eight others had been tested but had no marks.

Tunisia also claimed that their captain, Youssef Msakni, and the bomber Seifeddine Jaziri, had been tested, and that the Ivorian-Mali alliance in Jeddah had ended due to good cases in the Ivory Coast camp, according to media reports.

Malawi departed on Wednesday for Cameroon but left three players behind.

Defender Mark Fodya, midfielder Charles Petro and footballer Richard Mbulu remained in Saudi Arabia and will be tested again on Thursday.

If he is found not to have one, he is due to leave on Friday, the football association said.

Ivory Coast have been forced to suspend their second pre-season training camp in Saudi Arabia.

The 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations will take place from January 9 to February 6th.

The tournament was supposed to be played in 2021 but was canceled twice due to the spread of the coronavirus.