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Steve Bruce said two Newcastle United first-team players are still seriously ill with Covid-19 and could be out for several more weeks, if not months.
While most of Bruce’s squad have recovered from the team’s recent coronavirus outbreak, the Newcastle manager said “four or five” were still sidelined by the virus. “For a couple of them it has had a damaging effect,” he added. “It won’t be a week or two [that they’re out], it will be longer than that.
“It is not just fatigue, they also have other symptoms. It got hold of most of them, but some find it difficult. My thoughts are with the two players [worst affected] and your well-being. “
Bruce has been shocked to see footballers in such super fit brought down by Covid. “It’s scary when you think they’re young, fit and supreme athletes,” he said. “If anyone needs to be reminded how serious this is, then we’ve seen it. Some of them seem fine, but then the element of fatigue hits them, but for two it’s beyond that. They will still take weeks to return; They would not think that this long Covid is possible in shape, young athletes. “
Newcastle will not name those affected on grounds of medical confidentiality, but Bruce has seen his team experience a wide range of symptoms and degrees of illness. “We have had the complete game,” he said. “We have had vomiting, sores, ulcers in the mouth, no smell, no taste. The element of fatigue is a big problem. For the vast majority of those who suffered from it, fatigue is the only thing left by the virus. They go for a walk for half an hour and then they want to go back to bed. It’s as brutal as that. It has been a very difficult few weeks. It is extremely difficult to handle. “
