Mendy will not play in the opening Africa Cup of Nations match against Zimbabwe on Monday after testing positive for coronaviruses.
Mendy is the third player to test positive for COVID-19 and will be out for the group opener.
It leaves the tournament favorites with a threadbare squad for the match in Bafoussam after six players.
Both of the Royal Antwerp defender and theWatford winger are injured.
A con is live.
Monday, January 10th at 12:55pm.
Aliou Cisse said on Sunday that it was a difficult and complicated situation.
We are going to be competitive and those who are absent are going to play for us.
We are going into the game with full confidence.
If 11 players are available, teams must play.
The teams will have to play matches if they have 11 players available.
The tournament, which features 52 games, will begin on Sunday with a match between Cameroon and Burkina Faso on Sky Sports.
If at least 11 of the team's players have tested negative, a replacement must be found for the goalkeeper.
Any country that doesn't have a minimum of 11 players available will be considered to have lost the match.
Each team will be allowed to use a maximum of five substitute players, with three opportunities to make a substitution.
Teams will be allowed one additional substitution and one additional substitution opportunity when extra time is played.
Algeria won the competition in Egypt in 2019: a one-off victory over Senegal.
Sky Sports will show the event live.
Sky Sports will show the event live in January and February.
Sky Sports will show all 52 games of the tournament live, which will be held in Cameroon between January 9 and February 6, 2022.
The final of the tournament will be held in the capital of the host country of the event, the city of Yaounde.
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