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In the next few days, a 30-year-old, 211cm tall American will undergo another test to make sure that Friday’s test results were not incorrect.
That day a positive COVID-19 test was established for him and another Chimki player, Maxim Barashkov. Three other Chimki basketball players are suffering from coronavirus: Jordan Mickey, Janis Timma and Yevgeny Voronov.
J. Lauvergne de Žalgiris found himself in a similar situation to G. Monroe. The French COVID-19 test was negative on Friday, although news reached Žalgiris from the laboratory on Thursday that the central striker was suffering from coronavirus.
Mr Lauvergne was due to undergo additional tests on Saturday to help determine if the people of Žalgiris were sick and had COVID-19.
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If the latest tests show that J. Lauvergne and G. Monroe are not actually sick with coronavirus, it is not yet clear when basketball players could join their teams.
At least in Lithuania it may take some time. Vilnius Knights footballer Dominykas Barauskas learned after a blood test on Thursday that he was not and was not ill with COVID-19, although the test performed on Monday was positive.
It is true that, despite the results, he had to remain in self-isolation, like all those who had close contact with him. On Friday, the Knights asked the National Public Health Center (NVSC) to lift their self-isolation, but the request had not been granted on Saturday night.
“Detection of the first and second SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) RNAs by real-time PCR is possible due to the low previous concentration of virus in the body, at the end of the infectious process or the subject was not a carrier of live virus but only carrier of viral RNA. Meanwhile, serological antibody tests detect the antibodies that the immune system creates in response to the virus, if a person is only a carrier of the RNA of the virus, the antibodies are not produced in the body ”, quoted fkriteriai.lt in a document from Synlab sent to them by the lab.
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Legally, NVSC relies on the result of a positive PCR test performed on a soccer player on Monday, so D.Barauskas is considered ill. A negative result from the repeat PCR test and an additional blood test did not change anything in the footballer’s situation. According to the NVSC, a footballer who receives a positive test result, as well as those who have contacted him, must still isolate themselves for 14 days from a positive result.
According to fkriteriai.lt, “Knights”, together with the Lithuanian Football Federation and League A, submitted two requests to the Ministry of Health (SAM) and the Government on Friday regarding orders establishing rules for the self-isolation of exposed persons and define exceptions for high-performance sports representatives. leave a place of self-isolation.
The start of the postponed matches between Žalgiris and Chimki in Mytiščiai is on Saturday at 8 pm
Monroe missed the first game of the Euroleague season due to injury, but was already in training for Chimki earlier this week. However, the COVID-19 test again left the American on the sidelines.
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