COVID-19 Rules Put Fans Off Attending AFCON Matches

Nigeria supporters cheer during the Group D Africa Cup of Nations 2021 football match against Egypt at Stade Roumde Adjia in Garoua on January 11, 2022. Daniel BELOUMOU OLOMO / AFPCameroon may be a football-mad country but most matches at the Africa Cup of Nations so far have been played out in front of largely empty stadiums, with fans preferring to gather elsewhere to enjoy the action.

Yet outside town, in the modern 20,000-capacity stadium built for the competition, the stands were almost completely empty for the first two matches played there on Monday, despite Liverpool star Sadio Mane and his Senegal side being among the teams in action. Yet the vast majority of Cameroonians appear to ignore mask-wearing recommendations and there is much resistance to the idea of being vaccinated — only six percent of the population aged over 18 has officially been inoculated.

Even Cameroon’s second game, a 4-1 hammering of Ethiopia on Thursday, was played out before a largely empty stadium.

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