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Rugani, during a match with Italy

ITALY FOLLOWS ADDING CASES

The Italian Serie A already has 9 players infected by coronavirus

Published:14/03/2020 - 14:06h

Updated:14/03/2020 - 14:08h

Up to 9 Serie A players have tested positive for coronavirus: Pezzella, Rugani, Colley, Ekdal, Cutrone, La Gumina, Gabbiadini, Thorsby and Vlahovic

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Italy follows being in an alarming situation owing to the propagation of the coronavirus, with a number of victims in constant increase. During the last 24 hours have registered a total of 250 dead persons more, by what the total figure rises already to 1.266. Angelo Borrelli, the responsible maximum of Civil defence in Italy, confirmed besides 17.660 cases in all the country, near of 10.000 in Lombardía.

The football does not rid of the affectation by the illness and the Series To, first Italian division, also increases day in day out the cases detected. The two last in giving positive by coronavirus have been two players​ of the Fiorentina: in the first place, the Argentinian Germán Pezzella, defence and captain of the team violates; second, the Italian forward Patrick Cutrone.

The two cases of the Fiorentina do that it elevate to nine the figure of professional players affected in the Series To Italian: also they are it the Italian defence Daniele Rugani, of the Juventus; the gambiano Omar Colley, the Swedish Albin Ekdal, the Italians Antonino The Gumina and Manolo Gabbiadini and the Norwegian Morten Thorsby, of the Sampdoria, and the Croat Dusan Vlahovic, of the Fiorentina.

Of all they, the first case confirmed was the one of Rugani, desvelado the past Wednesday 11 March when the Juventus communicated his positive, adding also that it found asintomático and isolated. A day before, the Tuesday 10, the Series To had declared suspended owing to the expansion dle virus, after some parties had contested to enclosed door in the previous day.

The players pronounce

Besides, of Miralem Pjanic, that regretted that it had to "happen something strong and 'noisy'" so that it stopped the football, Paulo Dybala also had to go out to the step to deny that there was positive die: "Hello to all, wanted to confirm that I am well and in voluntary isolation. Thanks to all by the messages and expect that they are well. #NoFakeNews #coronavirus".

Simultaneously, Cristiano Ronaldo, mate of both, wanted to mantar a message of spirit. "I want to command all my support to all those people that have lost to some be wanted. My solidarity for which are struggling against the virus, as my mate Daniele Rugani, and all my support for the incredible work that are making the medical professionals putting in risk his life to save the ones of others", sentenced.

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