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Juventus have confirmed that one of their players, Daniele Rugani, has tested positive for coronavirus.
BREAKING: #JUVENTUS CONFIRM DANIELE RUGANI HAS #CORONAVIRUS pic.twitter.com/nZxqGVMiMb
— Football Italia (@footballitalia) March 11, 2020
The Italian soccer team released a statement on their website confirming the news.
Comunicazione urgente, calciatore positivo al COVID-19https://t.co/F8GPmlOBaU pic.twitter.com/dk4hJQ20EB
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) March 11, 2020
“The footballer Daniele Rugani has tested positive for Coronavirus-COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic.
” Juventus Football Club is currently activating all the isolation procedures required by law, including the census of those who have had contact with him.”
There is no word on when Rugani caught the virus and if he was exposed to other players but it’s likely that anyone who came in contact with him in the past few weeks will be quarantined .
So Juventus defender Daniele Rugani has been found to have Coronavirus.
Gestation period of the virus essentially unknown, so every player he's played with or against will go into some sort of quarantine.
I suggest UEFA has a problem as this opens up multiple cans of worms.
— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) March 11, 2020
Defender Daniele Rugani tests positive for coronavirus. He’s asymptomatic, club says. But will take isolation measures, likely to mean those in contact with him will have to do same. Juve due to play Lyon ibehind closed doors in Champions League in Turin next Tuesday. https://t.co/aUQDISHBN6
— tariq panja (@tariqpanja) March 11, 2020
Insane.