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Coronavirus: Ayinde and Okobi continue training with Eskilstuna United amid pandemic

Halimatu Ayinde and Ngozi Okobi have continued their training with Eskilstuna United amid the coronavirus pandemic in Sweden.

The Nigerian duo had featured in the Eskilstuna outfit's first match of the year, with Okobi's lone strike sealing their 1-0 triumph over Umea in the Swedish Women's Cup opening tie on February 22.

However, the team's matches against AIK and Djurgarden fixed for March 14 and 22 were postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak along with their Damallsvenkan opener scheduled for April 3.

Despite more than 140 deaths from 4,435 cases, Sweden remains the only country in Europe yet to order a lockdown in the face of the coronavirus outbreak as life goes on much closer to normal.