Table Tennis World Team Championships, due to take place next month in the South Korean city of Busan, were postponed on Tuesday following a leap in Novel Coronavirus cases.

The International Table Tennis Federation said the event, originally planned for March 22-29, had been provisionally rescheduled for June 21-28 following an emergency meeting with local organisers.

South Korea’s K-league had already postponed the start of the new football season on Monday as the virus causes chaos in the country’s sporting calendar.