Coronavirus sees PSG game postponed
Paris Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 game at Strasbourg on Saturday has been postponed following an order from the Bas-Rhin authorities in the face of coronavirus fears, the French football league (LFP) announced on Friday.
It is the first French league match to be postponed because of the new coronavirus.
The decision was made after a number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the Haut-Rhin region, which neighbours the Bas-Rhin region where Strasbourg is located.
"The arrival of 26,000 at the Stade de la Meinau, a quarter of which would come from the Haut-Rhin region, is likely to promote the spread of COVID-19," local authorities said in a statement.
On Friday, the French health ministry said that the number of infections in the country had jumped by 154 to 577, with two more deaths bringing the total toll to nine.
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