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Ebola Emergency Forces La Línea to Cancel Congo-Chile Friendly

6/4/2026

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Mayor Juan Franco of La Línea signed a decree banning the DR Congo-Chile friendly after a health warning.
World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a health emergency, reporting 906 suspected cases and 223 deaths as of May 27.
Spanish officials postponed the June 9 match in La Línea as a precaution after the mayor’s decree.
Chile had asked the game be played without spectators.

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Mayor Juan Franco of La Línea signed a decree banning the DR Congo-Chile friendly after a health warning.
World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a health emergency, reporting 906 suspected cases and 223 deaths as of May 27.
Spanish officials postponed the June 9 match in La Línea as a precaution after the mayor’s decree.
Chile had asked the game be played without spectators.