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The women’s handball team must be tested again on Tuesday. And then they have to stay in the room for 24 hours until the answer is available on Wednesday.
Goalkeeper Emilie Stang Sando and her teammates have no other choice. Photo: PETTER ARVIDSON / BILDBYRÅN
KOLDING. Isolation has become a keyword. All 16 teams that come to the European Championship are tested several times. Not only before leaving home, but also as soon as they arrive in Denmark. Then every three days.
This was also the case when Camilla Herrem & co. stepped onto Danish soil on Monday a little over a week ago. Now they have to retest, although all the answers at that time were negative.
Thanks to this scheme, which is part of the strict infection control protocol that made the Danes take over the entire European Championship, the organizer intends to keep all ugliness at bay.
And the same regime applies to others involved in the championship.
– The reason for the new isolation is that when all the teams arrive, those that belong to the squad will have to be tested again. It must happen before the red zone takes effect on Tuesday at 12, says Halvor Lea of Olympiatoppen. He is the press officer for Norway.
Must be inside
Players currently have a private room, so they don’t have access to companions when they have to stay in the room and eat all the food there. Delivered at the door.
Lea says players should expect to move together in pairs when more countries arrive in Kolding.
Norway left early. A country like Poland will not arrive until Tuesday. This is because the team has had a huge covid boom, and Norwegian coach Arne Senstad had to wait to get the last “negative” players.
Back on the way to the hotel room. New 24 hours are waiting in quarantine before there can be training before the opening game against Poland on Thursday. Photo: Bo Amstrup / NTB
Has its own test center
In the Sydbank Arena, where the matches will take place, a test center has been installed. Among other things, the press can go there, if they do not choose to find a place within Herning.
The players are tested in the hotel.
– As we had been in Denmark for more than a week, we asked if we had to try again. We had to. It was one for all, all for one, says national team doctor Anne Froholdt.
She herself went home on Monday and must remain there in quarantine for ten days.
– We had to test ourselves five times at home before leaving. The European Handball Federation (EHF) came up with a test regimen very late, so we had to go around, he says.
In Denmark, there are slightly different tests, that is, only on the throat and not also on the nose.
The doctor of the selection, Anne Froholdt, has altered the rule of the meter towards the players. Photo: Vidar Ruud / NTB
Think and be aware
Froholdt has impressed players that they should always remember the subway rule when meeting teammates from other nations. A club like Györ in Hungary has players on various national teams. And Norwegian players who belong to Danish clubs will likely meet athletes from Denmark’s national team. The host country group is in Herning.
In hotels, guests must be handcuffed on the premises, except when eating breakfast or alone. Guests must tell from the day before about the breakfast time. The reason is that not too many people will enter the room at the same time.
Signs have been posted everywhere, reminding of hand washing and the use of Antibac.
From Sunday to Monday, infection rates decreased in most municipalities in southern and southern Jutland. In Kolding, the number decreased from 107 to 87, which corresponds to 87.1 infected by. 100,000 inhabitants.
The JydskeVestkysten newspaper reports this.
