Rigobert Song, former Liverpool and West Ham United defender has been placed under mandatory quarantine as Cameroonian authorities implement measures to prevent vulnerable citizens from catching Coronavirus.
The 43-year-old is currently accommodated in one of the hotels turned government-sanctioned quarantine facilities in Yaounde, where he will stay for 14 days under the observation of a medical team.
Song, who serves as Cameroon U-23 head coach, arrived in the country on March 30, aboard Air France plane which was given special clearance to land at the Yaounde Nsimalen International Airport.
According to Cameroonian portal Lionindomptable, Song was picked up from his residence by health workers and taken for compulsory quarantine, where he will have to undergo coronavirus test before rejoining his family.
It should be noted that in October 2016, Song went into a coma after suffering a stroke before recovering two months later.
Song was a key player for Indomitable Lions in early 2000 before retiring from international football in August 2010, at the age of 34.
He played 33 times at the Africa Cup of Nations during eight campaigns and won the tournament as captain in 2000 and 2002.
Song began his professional career at Tonnerre de Yaoundé in 1992, before making his international debut against Mexico in 1993.
He moved to Metz in 1994, and in the same year, appeared at his first World Cup, in the USA, as the Lions finished bottom of a group that included eventual winners Brazil and third-placed Sweden.
Following a short spell at Italian side Salernitana, Song moved to Anfield in 1999, where he played 38 times, then headed to West Ham in 2000.
In 2004 he returned to France where he joined Lens before crossing to Turkey to join Galatasaray and later Trabzonspor.
In the same year, he captained Cameroon to the first of two successive Africa Cup of Nations triumphs, before moving to Cologne and then Lens.
Before taking up his present role, Song signed up as the national coach of Chad in 2015 but his stay was short-lived.
