DR Congo friendly to be played behind closed doors amid Ebola concerns

Newcastle's Yoane Wissa (centre, front row) is one of five players in the DR Congo squad who play in England

DR Congo's final World Cup warm-up game against Chile will take place behind closed doors amid concerns about the Ebola outbreak in the African nation.

The match is scheduled to take place in the French city of Orleans on Tuesday (16:00 BST).

It had been due to be played in La Linea de la Concepcion in Spain beforea local mayor signed a decree preventing it from taking place thereas a "precautionary measure".

World Cup hosts the United States require squad. officials to spend 21 days outside DR Congo and symptom-free before they would be permitted to enter the country.

BBC Sport understands that none of DR Congo's players - who all play for clubs outside of the country - have visited their homeland recently, but some support staff. fans have travelled from there.

The squad are finalising their preparations in Marbella in Spain after a 10-day training camp in Belgium. included a 0-0 draw with Denmark.

It is the first time DR Congo has qualified for the World Cup since 1974 when they competed as Zaire, finishing bottom of their group after defeats by Scotland, Brazil. Yugoslavia.

They plan to base themselves in Houston during the tournament. are scheduled to open their Group K campaign there against Portugal on 17 June.

They will then travel to the Mexican city of Guadalajara to face Colombia before returning to the United States to take on Uzbekistan in Atlanta.

The outbreak in eastern DR Congo has been caused by a rare species of Ebola known as Bundibugyo.

There is currently no vaccine for this species. the World Health Organisation has said it could take up to nine months for a jab to be ready.

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