CAF President Ahmad Ahmad Tests Positive For COVID-19
The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr Ahmad Ahmad has tested positive for COVID-19.
A statement on the website of the continental football governing body on Friday read: “the president after his arrival to Cairo on Oct. 28, presented mild flu symptoms and submitted to the COVID-19 protocol.
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“Today, the test results are positive and the president immediately self-isolate for at least the next 14 days at his hotel.
“All those who have come into contact with Ahmad over the past seven days, especially during his trip to Morocco for the Confederation Cup, have been informed and requested to take the necessary measures.”
Ahmad has gone into a compulsory two weeks of self-Isolation as required by the body.
He is the latest high-ranking football executive to test positive for coronavirus after FIFA president Gianni Infantino tested positive last Tuesday.
