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The attacker tested positive for Covid-19 while on international duty and is feeling some of its effects.
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah suffers from “mild” Covid-19 symptoms, Egyptian team doctor Mohamed Abou Elela confirmed.
Salah tested positive on Friday, ruling him out of the African Cup of Nations qualifying game against Togo on Saturday, which Egypt managed to win 1-0.
While several Premier League stars have tested positive for the coronavirus, most have been asymptomatic, with Salah sadly dealing with some minor symptoms of the disease.
“It is a mild case, it does not have serious symptoms,” Abou Elela said to Associated Press. “You have to isolate yourself in Egypt until your test is negative and then of course you can travel back.
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“The concerns of the Egyptian authorities are because Mo for Egypt is special. Everyone here wants to help and … do everything the country can do. “
When asked if Salah likely contracted the virus while attending his brother’s wedding in Cairo earlier that week, Abou Elela added: “I cannot deny it. Nobody knows because … sadly, we still don’t know everything about the virus. My answer is maybe yes, maybe no. “
Egypt has had more than 110,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 to date and has suffered more than 6,000 deaths. However, the UK has fared much worse with more than 1,300,000 cases and 51,000 deaths.
Salah’s recent attendance at his brother’s wedding had come under scrutiny with images shared online suggesting he broke coronavirus guidelines, but local mayor Maher Shtayyeh has jumped to the defense of the Liverpool star.
“Everything that has been said is false, it makes no sense to hug someone five times in the same wedding,” Shtayyeh said. objective.
“Also Salah was extremely cautious during the hour-long wedding, he never removed his mask except to take pictures. Salah is fine now, he does not show any symptoms, I spoke with his father and uncle.
“Trezeguet was the only player who came to the wedding with Salah, he was also extremely cautious.”
Egypt will face Togo again on Tuesday with the team currently on a five-game unbeaten streak and leading their qualifying group for the African Cup of Nations.
Salah must now spend the next week in self-isolation and will likely miss Liverpool’s next Premier League game against Leicester City on November 22.
