By Osinde Joshua
Covid-19 on sports sector
Infectious disease present an omnipresent threat to the health and safety of the global community.The covid-19 pandemic that began in China swept around the world imposing unprecedented impacts on all the sectors of the world economy.The multi billion – dollar sports industry has been hit so hard .
Most sporting events were either canceled or postponed during the peak of the pandemic ,because of covid -19 containment measure’s across the world , such as travel bans, and port closures.Many sport’s governing bodies were also bankrupted and left in financial crisis.
Individuals who depended sports for their live hood lost income as their salaries were reduced or completely cut .Also the sponsor’s ,broadcaster’s ,betting firms incurred huge losses during that period of containment measure’s to curve the spread of the disease .Major sporting events were affected , such as ; 2020 Olympic , football leagues ,golf ,cricket and even tenis . Up to know , no fans are accepted to watch live marches in the field , in this manner the income of the clubs goes down
As many parts of the world starts to experience the second wave of the disease , sporting industry continues to be hit hard . And many of the participants in the sporting sector also continues to feel the effect .
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