MIAMI, Florida – Concacaf is supporting world football’s governing body FIFA in its campaign with the World Health Organization (WHO) to tackle coronavirus (COVID-19).
FIFA has partnered with the WHO to launch a video involving global football icons explaining tactics to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.
Spearheaded by FIFA Chief of Global Football Development and former Arsenal FC manager Arsene Wenger, six world-renowned coaches, including former United States Women’s National Team Head Coach Jill Ellis, have drawn up a five-step game plan of hands, elbow, face, distance and feel to help people across the globe safeguard themselves.
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Leading the hands team is former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino, who urges people to simply wash their hands with an alcohol-based hand solution in order to kill viruses.
When it comes to sneezing or coughing, Manchester United Women Coach Casey Stoney recommends that when a sneeze or cough is rising to the surface, to cover your nose or your mouth with your elbow, keeping your hands free of droplets.
One of they key disciplines followed by Senegal National Team Coach Aliou Cisse is to avoid touching the face. That includes keeping your fingers free of the eyes, nose and mouth.
2010 FIFA World Coach of the Year and current Tottenham Manager Jose Mourinho has embraced many a fellow coach or player in his football career, but Mourinho knows that now is the time to keep a safe, healthy distance of one meter in social situations to make sure any stray coughs or sneezes are kept away.
Ellis, who guided the U.S. to the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup titles, explains that when someone is not feeling well, the best option is to stay home and to follow the guidelines of local health officials.
By staying informed and following this five-step game plan, football fans from across the Concacaf region and the world can support their wider communities in tackling the spread of coronavirus.
