{"id":1010062,"date":"2022-03-03T21:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/03\/only-vaccinated-fans-to-watch-football-at-stadia\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T21:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T21:35:22","slug":"only-vaccinated-fans-to-watch-football-at-stadia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/03\/only-vaccinated-fans-to-watch-football-at-stadia\/","title":{"rendered":"Only vaccinated fans to watch football at stadia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"472\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Football-fans-696x472.jpg\"   alt=\"A Ghanian supporter cheers on January 20, 2013 before the start of a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football match between Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. AFP PHOTO \/ STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN\" title=\"A Ghanian supporter cheers on January 20, 2013 before the start of a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football match between Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. AFP PHOTO \/ STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Ghanian supporter cheers on January 20, 2013 before the start of a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football match between Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. AFP PHOTO \/ STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ministry of Youth and Sports has issued a directive to the National Sports Authority and the Ghana Football Association to ensure that only fans who are fully vaccinated are admitted into the various stadia on Match Days.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a press statement issued by the Public Relations Directorate of the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It will be recalled that in October 2021, the President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, announced a \u2018No vaccination, No entry\u2019 policy for fans ahead of the 2021\/2022 League season.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned, that the Ghana Football Association was working with government and relevant stakeholders to ensure that fans take their COVID-19 jabs and get vaccinated before they will be allowed to watch games at the various league centres.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The latest directive comes after the Director-General of the National Sports Authority last week revealed that clubs can now admit supporters to full capacity of their respective grounds.<\/p>\n<p>This directive is with immediate effect: <\/p>\n<p>Find attached the full statement from the Ministry of Youth and Sports:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanafa.org\/2022\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-01-at-6.19.28-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"D5yWgsXsbHI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come For Your Children, Irresponsible Father - Woman Tells Ex-Husband - Obra on Adom TV (3-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5yWgsXsbHI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ghanian supporter cheers on January 20, 2013 before the start of a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football match between Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. AFP PHOTO \/ STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN The Ministry of Youth and Sports has issued a directive to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1010063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[15,1542,5649,1549,211],"class_list":["post-1010062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fans","tag-football","tag-stadia","tag-vaccinated","tag-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}