Ebola fears hit football match

Published on 14/08/2012 00:00

Malawi has cancelled an international football match with Uganda tomorrow for fear of the deadly Ebola virus.

Malawi were due to play Uganda in Blantyre in a warm-up game ahead of qualifiers next month for both countries in the 2013 African Nations Cup preliminaries.

However, Uganda has been battling an outbreak of the virus, which so far has killed at least 16 people. The Football Association of Malawi said: “We have cancelled the friendly on advice following the escalation of the Ebola disease in Uganda.”