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Nine footballers and two members of the Gil Vicente structure tested positive for covid-19 and are isolated, a source from the I League club told Lusa, which had already registered four asymptomatic cases of contagion on Friday.
The people of Minho underwent screening tests on Saturday and learned the results this morning, prompting the local health delegate to order a mandatory quarantine for the entire team, despite the fact that the 15 infected club members were asymptomatic.
Gil Vicente had suspended all the activities scheduled for the weekend, due to the cases confirmed on Friday, and is awaiting the scheduling of new exams, when there are six days until the debut in the 2020/21 season and has 17 available athletes. .
The ‘roosters’ visit Sporting on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, although the ‘lions’ detected three players infected by the new coronavirus today, which forced the cancellation of the private meeting with the Italians of Naples
Throughout the preseason, Gil Vicente completed an internship at Melgaço and played four preparation matches, having won Leixões (3-0), tied with Moreirense (0-0) and Desportivo de Chaves (0-0) and lost to Sporting de Braga (0-1).
The Flavians are also being held while a risk assessment is being carried out, after four positive cases of covid-19, which on Friday meant the postponement of the meeting with Feirense, compared to the opening day of the II League.
A player from Moreirense, from the I Liga, and another from Leixões, from high school, have also been diagnosed with the virus and are currently in domestic isolation.
The covid-19 pandemic has caused more than 921,000 deaths worldwide since December last year, including 1,867 in Portugal.
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