Indonesian National Team Coach Shin Tae-yong is Positive Covid-19

KOMPAS.com – Coach Indonesian National team, Shin Tae-yong, positive for the corona virus or Covid-19.

This was confirmed by the acting secretary general PSSI, Yunus Nusi, after knowing the results of Shin Tae-yong’s PCR test which came out on Friday (19/3/2021) evening WIB.

According to Yunus Nusi, Shin Tae-yong had complained about not feeling well since Thursday (18/3/2021).

Regarding Shin Tae-yong’s current condition, Yunus Nusi made sure the South Korean coach was fine.

Yunus Nusi also believes that Shin Tae-yong will recover soon.

“At first Shin Tae-yong admitted that he was not feeling well on Thursday. Then according to the direction of the PSSI Chairman, Shin Tae-yong had to do a PCR test,” said Yunus Nusi as quoted from the PSSI website.

“The results of Shin Tae-yong’s test just came out on Friday. I am sure that athletes or former athletes will recover quickly. The most important thing is to get treatment immediately,” added Yunus Nusi.

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Furthermore, Yunus Nusi also confirmed that the results of Shin Tae-yong’s PCR test this time were not related to the U22 Indonesia national team training camp which just ended on March 8, 2021.

Yunus Nusi assessed that all Indonesian U22 national team players who took part in the training camp, including Shin Tae-yong, had already tested Covid-19 after the team was disbanded.

“So when our players returned to their respective clubs, on Monday (8/3/2021), none of the players were positive,” said Yunus Nusi.

“All of them have undergone antigen swab tests before returning home,” said Yunus Nusi.

In his statement, Yunus Nusi did not explain where Shin Tae-yong would carry out self-quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19.

However, Shin Tae-yong is most likely doing self-quarantine at his apartment located in Jakarta.

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