ONE Championship’s Singapore event on February 28 will be a closed door event.

ONE: King of the Jungle will proceed as planned, but the Singapore Indoor Stadium will be closed off to fans and media, according to chairman and chief executive officer Chatri Sityodtong due to the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) scare.

Singapore’s Ministry of Health recently raised its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition level from yellow to orange after having confirmed 75 cases of infection.

Sityodtong made the announcement to convert their event in Singapore to a closed-door event initially on his social media accounts.

“In light of the coronavirus situation in Singapore, I have made the decision to convert ONE: King of the Jungle on February 28 into a closed event for broadcast only. The Singapore Indoor Stadium will not be open to the general public, but the event will proceed behind closed doors as scheduled live on all TV and digital platforms across 150+ countries around the world,” Sityodtong wrote on his official Facebook page.

Fans who purchased tickets to the event will be given a full refund through Sportshub Tix, ONE’s official ticketing partner in Singapore. All bouts are to proceed as scheduled, and will still be available live via TV and digital platforms worldwide, as well as through the ONE Super App.

ONE world champion Stamp Fairtex of Thailand will defend her atomweight kickboxing world title against Janet Todd of the United States in the main event.

In the co-main event of the evening, reigning ONE strawweight kickboxing world champion Sam-A Gaiyanghadao of Thailand will take on Lachlan Ogden of Australia for the ONE strawweight Muay Thai world title.

“We just felt that this was an incredible moment for us to ignite hope and strength across the continent of Asia and to our fans all over the world during this difficult time,” Sityodtong said during the global conference call.

Sityodtong also added while Singapore will proceed with its closed-door event, other events the organization has scheduled in other countries will proceed as planned. ONE Championship remains firm in its promise to deliver at least 50 events this year across all of its properties, and will make decisions to alter its events based on various factors as situations change.

“It was not an easy decision for us. In fact, many people were pushing us to cancel the event. But I thought back to why I started ONE Championship in the first place. And our mission since day one has been to unleash real-life superheroes who ignite the world with hope, strength, dreams, and inspiration,” Sityodtong continued.

Also seeing action in the fight card is former ONE featherweight world champion Honorio Banario of Team Lakay as he takes on Thai superstar Shannon Wiratchai in a featherweight contest.

Banario is eager to get his first victory after failing in his last three contest on 2019 against Lowen Tynanes, Dae Song Park, and Shinya Aoki.

Wiritchai also suffered the same fate in 2019 after getting stopped by Shinya Aoki, Tsogookhuu Amarsanaa and Luri Lapicus.