Shanghai Dragons moved to South Korea due to coronavirus
Ihor MatusThe Chinese team is now based in South Korea and decides how and where it will host the Overwatch league home games. As options, the transfer of the date and venue of league matches overwatch is considered. Overwatch League Season 3, by the way, starts on February 15th. Management promised to share new information immediately after it becomes known how the organizers will resolve the issue.
Coronavirus appeared in China in Wuhan last December. At the moment, 6147 infections and 132 deaths from this disease are registered. The virus is already in 19 countries, including China, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, the United States and others.
Shanghai Dragons is not the first eSports club to have been hit by an emerging virus. Earlier, we learned that the Chinese teams that participated in DreamLeague Season 13 were unable to return home, and one of the Team Aster players, on the contrary, fell into the quarantine zone, from where he could not get out and was unable to play Dota 2 .