Youth World Ice Hockey Championships completed ahead of schedule due to coronavirus | News from Germany on world events

The World Youth Hockey Championship in Edmonton, Canada ended ahead of schedule on the recommendation of a group of medical experts in the field of COVID-19 disease and the medical committee of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). This was announced on Wednesday, December 29, on the IIHF website.

“The IIHF Council made this decision due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the omicron variant of the coronavirus to ensure the health and safety of all competitors,” the organization said in a statement.

In connection with positive tests for coronavirus among the players of the national teams of the United States, the Czech Republic and Russia, the organizers had to cancel three matches in two days during the tournament. Since these teams could not get on the ice, they were awarded a forfeit defeat.

The Youth World Ice Hockey Championship, which has been held since 1977, was completed ahead of schedule for the first time in its history. The current tournament was scheduled to end on January 5, 2022.

Almost 5.5 million people died in the world due to coronavirus

According to the Worldometer website, which reflects the statistics of the spread of coronavirus in the world, since the beginning of the pandemic, 284,846,612 million cases of infection with this infection have been identified on the planet at the time of writing. Most of the patients – 252 391 955 people – overcame the disease. The total number of deaths associated with COVOD-19 disease was 5,438,060 worldwide in two years.

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