The Ukraine coach, who is currently self-isolating in England, has been reminded of the 1986 nuclear meltdown amid the current climate
Andriy Shevchenko says that he sees "a very similar situation" between the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and the Chernobyl disaster over three decades ago.
The Ukraine coach, who is currently self-isolating in England where he lives, has also hailed the efforts of healthcare professionals and responders, calling them "the heroes of our time".
The former AC Milan and Chelsea star was forced to move out of his childhood home in Kiev at the age of nine following the 1986 nuclear meltdown at the plant near Pripyat in then-Soviet Ukraine.