Belarus soccer fans continue to attend league matches despite fan groups urging people to stay away because of the coronavirus threat.
SHOWS: BREST, BELARUS (APRIL 12, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.
FANS, SOME OF THEM WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS, STANDING TO CELEBRATE A GOAL BEING SCORED, TWO FANS WEARING MASK EMBRACE 2.
VARIOUS OF FANS WATCHING THE MATCH 3.
FAN PLAYING AN ACCORDION 4.
FAN WITH A DRUM IN FRONT OF EMPTY STAND 5.
CHEERLEADERS 6.
VARIOUS OF WOMAN WORKING ON DUMMY CUT-OUT FANS, PUTTING SCARVES ON THE "FANS" WEARING SHIRTS OF DIFFERENT TEAMS 7.
VARIOUS FANS ARRIVING FOR THE MATCH, CHECKS BEING CARRIED OUT 8.
VARIOUS OF FANS ENTERING THE STADIUM STORY: Over one thousand soccer fans attended a Belarusian league match on Sunday (April 12) despite calls from a number of fan groups to boycott matches because of the growing threat of the coronavirus.
The match between Brest and Isloch Minsk was one of three played in the top-flight Vysshaya Liga on Sunday, the only league in Europe not currently suspended because of the coronavirus.
Fans were seen embracing as they celebrated a goal being scored with only a number of the supporters wearing protective masks.
Belarus currently has 2,578 reported cases with 26 deaths from the coronavirus.
Brest, last season's Vysshaya Liga champions, won the match 3-1 to go third in the league standings after four rounds of matches.
(Production: Vasiliy Fedosenko, Maria Vasilyeva, Mike Brock)
Despite the growing threat from the coronavirus and fans' group boycotting matches, the Belarus national soccer league plays on.
