Three members of FC Cologne have tested positive for coronavirus and placed in the fortnight, the club said on Friday, while the Bundesliga hope to resume competition in May.
The entire Cologne team and management, as well as the backstage staff, were tested for the Covid-19 on Thursday. Three people tested positive, all are asymptomatic
, according to FC Cologne, which will not confirm names
of the people concerned.
FC Cologne training can continue as planned, according to hygiene and infection control measures implemented since April 6 within the group
, which will have to be subjected to further tests, adds the German club.
The health and privacy of players and staff take precedence over everything else. The previous measurements as well as the regular testing strategy have shown that we can now react with individual solutions
, meanwhile said the director of FC Cologne, Horst Heldt, quoted in the club press release.
The German Football League (DFL) said on Wednesday that of Bundesliga clubs had started screening tests.
The Bundesliga is the most advanced championship for a resumption of competitions, completely stopped since March 13 due to the coronavirus: the ministers of sports of the Länder – the regional States – considered possible a resumption “mid- May or end of May “and behind closed doors of the championship.
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Nach positiven Tests auf #Corona sind drei Personen beim #effzeh in Quarantäne. Das Gruppentraining kann wie geplant fortgesetzt werden. Alle Infos https://t.co/0as7sB4Z0e
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