German soccer’s Bundesliga given OK to resume in May
German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for the beginning of a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 6, 2020 after an online meeting of Merkel and the German state governors on the loosening of the restictions to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)
BERLIN (AP) — The Bundesliga can resume playing this month and ending its two-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a loosening of a range of containment measures after meeting with the country’s 16 state governors.
Pressure to relax the rules had been growing as the rate of daily infections in the country has dropped.
Soccer in the top two divisions will resume without spectators and with a range of other conditions designed to prevent another outbreak.
Players will be tested and teams will also have to spend time in quarantine before games can restart.
