Geneva, 23 March 2020: FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers, who are calling on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n
The \u201cPass the message to kick out coronavirus\u201d campaign promotes five key steps for people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance, focused on hand washing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical distance and staying home if feeling unwell.<\/p>\n
\u201cFIFA and its President Gianni Infantino have been actively involved in passing the message against this pandemic since the very beginning,\u201d said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the virtual launch of the campaign at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. \u201cBe it through campaigns or funding, FIFA has stood up to the coronavirus, and I am delighted that world football is supporting WHO to kick out the coronavirus. I have no doubt with this type of support that together we will win.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need teamwork to combat the coronavirus,\u201d said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. \u201cFIFA has teamed up with WHO because health comes first. I call upon the football community worldwide to join us in supporting this campaign to pass the message even further. Some of the greatest players to have played the beautiful game have put their names to the campaign and are united in their desire to pass the message to kick out COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twenty-eight players are involved in the video campaign, which is being published in 13 languages.<\/p>\n
Sami Al Jaber (KSA), Alisson Becker (BRA), Emre Bel\u00f6zo\u011flu (TUR), Jared Borgetti (MEX), Gianluigi Buffon (ITA), Iker Casillas (ESP), Sunil Chhetri (IND), Youri Djorkaeff (FRA), Han Duan (CHN), Samuel Eto\u2019o (CMR), Radamel Falcao (COL), Laura Georges (FRA), Valeri Karpin (RUS), Miroslav Klose (GER), Philipp Lahm (GER), Gary Lineker (ENG), Carli Lloyd (USA), Lionel Messi (ARG), Mido (EGY), Michael Owen (ENG), Park Ji-sung (KOR) , Carles Puyol (ESP), C\u00e9lia \u0160a\u0161i\u0107 (GER), Asako Takakura (JPN), Yaya Tour\u00e9 (CIV), Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Ver\u00f3n (ARG), Sun Wen (CHN) and Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez (ESP).<\/p>\n
A video campaign, which will be published on player and FIFA digital channels, is also being provided as individual localized files to the 211 FIFA member associations and media agencies, together with a graphics toolkit for implementation on social media to further pass the message.<\/p>\n
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