As directed by H.E the President of Uganda and with guidance from the Ministry of Health and the National Council of Sports FUFA carried out COVID-19 PCR tests for 20 players and officials from each of the participating teams in the play offs.
Tests conducted for Young Elephants Football Club from the Northern Region and Hot Springs Football Club from West Nile Region returned Eight (8) positive results each.
This is high a ratio of infections and could easily endanger the entire community of the team.
This matter was brought to the attention of the FUFA Executive for guidance.
The Executive has considered the issues at hand and treated the matter as not provided for under the FUFA Competitions Rules and decided as follows:
1- The playoff matches Young Elephants v Northern Gateway and Calvary v Hot Springs is decided in favour of Northern Gateway FC and Calvary FC.
2 – A single match Calvary FC v Northern Gateway FC be played on Saturday 31st October 2020 at 12:00pm to determine the team that will sportingly be promoted to the 2nd Division 2020/2021.
3 – Young Elephants FC and Hot Springs FC are encouraged to undertake
measures and guidelines from the Ministry of Heath to ensure quick recovery of the affected individuals of the teams.
*FUFA wishes to emphasize the importance of the heath of everyone and will do all in its means to ensure support to the vulnerable in this COVID-19 Pandemic.
