Due to the spread of coronavirus, all tennis tournaments in early summer have been canceled.

According to the official website of ATP, until June 7, there will be no competitions for men and girls, including the Challenger and ITF series,.

It is noted that the ratings of tennis players for this period are also frozen.. Thus, there will be no ground tournaments in the near future.

Competitions moved to Madrid, Rome, Strasbourg, Rabat, Munich, Estoril, Geneva and Lyon.

At first, the organizers rescheduled the tournaments until May 2.

It was previously reported that Roland Garros will be held in the fall.

The outbreak of coronavirus began with a seafood and animal market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It causes symptoms similar to the common cold, but quickly affects the lungs and other organs.. The pathogen belongs to a large family of coronaviruses.

World Health Organization officially names new coronavirus from China - COVID-19. The first vaccine for this type of coronavirus will appear no earlier than in a year and a half.

Some animal seems to be the source of an outbreak of coronavirus. At the same time, it is known that the virus can also be transmitted from person to person by airborne droplets. It is suspected that the disease can be transmitted even during the incubation period, when the carrier of the disease does not suspect that he is infected..