FC Barcelona announces the measures that the club will take against the coronavirus

The fast propagation of the coronavirus, that also has affected to the city of Barcelona, the Barça has decided to take preventive measures​ of face to a situation of total excepcionalidad. The Barcelona club has issued this Tuesday in the afternoon an official communiqué in which it has described the performance of the club through six points, that announce cancellation of activities and compensation to the partners.

The communiqué culé has done special upsetting in that the measures are in seen to the protection of the population. "Given the situation generated by the transmission of the coronavirus, and with the aim to preserve the protection and integrity of his partners, peñistas, fans, sporty, visitors and employees, the FC Barcelona has assumed the indications and the preventive recommendations of the competent sanitary authorities", initiates the text.

In the first place, the club spoke of the parties to enclosed door and of the trips. "In consequence, during at least the two next weeks, will celebrate to enclosed door all the parties of professional competitions, amateur and formative. The Club will give back to the buyers the amounts of the entrances of all those sportive events affected by this measure and the trip to Mallorca for this weekend purchased through Barça Trips", resumía the first point.

The second point detailed the cancellation of the normal operation of the Barça Academy. "The Club also has decided to cancel the Tournament Barça Academy World Cup foreseen to celebrate in Barcelona during this Saint Week and has suspended the activity in the Barça Academy of China, Japan, Dubai and Kuwait, as well as events of some Barça Academy Clinics, following the indications of the local sanitary authorities", concluded the second point.

The third premise announced the cancellation of the trips of the formative teams during the next two months. "Also it has decided cancel the trips of the formative teams to tournaments and planned friendly parties celebrate during the months of March and April", prayed the text.

The fourth point announced the cancellation of several social acts. "The Social Area also has decided to suspend his activities related with the dispute of the parties of the next 22 March in the Camp Nou against the Leganés, as they are the action of Llotja Oberta in the Estadi, the photo of boys and girls with the first team and the action Barça Heroes that gives different young partners that première this year childish category to go out to the terrain of game of the hand of the players of the Barça. Regarding the activity of the crags, has postponed the meeting of Aragon, The Rioja and Navarra and the 25 anniversary of the PB of Alcorisa, foreseen for the Saturday 14 March in Alcorisa (Teruel), and also the meeting of Crags of Balearic Islands foreseen for the day 13, the night before party Mallorca-FC Barcelona", affirmed the communiqué.

In the fifth section explained the limitation of the activity of the Foundation. "Also it will have affectations in the programs and activities of the Foundation. It has postponed the festival to Bekaa (Lebanon) with reason of the International Day of the Woman, has detained the program in the Lebanon in the schools, have postponed several actions of Farm Solidaria and the campus that had to celebrate in Lloret jointly with the Foundation Guitart and Foundation Villavecchia and the actions of visits of players and of the Robot Pol to the hospitals", resumía.

The sixth and last point did reference to the measures of hygiene. "The rest of the ordinary activity of the Club is supported by normality, although it has asked to the employees that extremen the preventive measures of hygiene that already communicated in his moment during the briefing on the Coronavirus to charge of the epidemióloga Dr. Magda Campins and the manager of labour health of the FC Barcelona, ​​Dr. Jaume Padrós. The Club also has limited to the considered indispensable the professional trips", sentenced.

An exceptional situation

Once detailed the six roads of performance of the FC Barcelona, the communiqué finished asking understanding and collaboration of the people. "The Club will follow the evolution of this sanitary emergency to foresee other possible internal affectations and external, regrets the annoyances that these actions can ocasionar and appreciates in advance the understanding, the predisposition and the collaboration of all to face this exceptional situation", concluded the communiqué.