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Over One-Third of Valencia Squad Has Coronavirus 

The virus spread among the squad following last month’s trip to Milan for their Champions League tie vs Atalanta.

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Spanish football club Valencia has confirmed that 35 per cent of players and staff members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

In a statement, the club said the virus spread among the squad following last month’s trip to Milan, “an area confirmed as ‘high risk’ by the Italian authorities days afterwards”, for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Atalanta.

"Despite the strict measures adopted by the club after their UEFA Champions League game against Atalanta on February 19th in Milan -an area confirmed as 'high risk' by the Italian authorities days afterwards-, which included maintaining a distance between the squad and club employees/the general public, these latest results show that the exposure inherent to such matches has caused a positive test rate of around 35 per cent," the statement read.

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“We also wish to express our confidence in our healthcare system and the recommendations by the Ministry of Health for those cases of coronavirus infection being treated with isolation.”
Valencia CF in their statement
The virus spread among the squad following last month’s trip to Milan for  their Champions League tie vs Atalanta.
In a statement, the club said the virus spread among the squad following last month’s trip to Milan for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Atalanta.
(Photo: AP)

On Sunday, the club had announced that five of the club's players and staff had tested positive for coronavirus, including defender Ezequiel Garay.

Major football leagues in Spain have all been suspended indefinitely to contain the spread of coronavirus, which has claimed over 6,000 lives across the world. In Spain, more than 300 people have lost their lives so far.

A Spanish football coach Francisco Garcia, who worked as Malaga-based club Atletico Portada Alta's youth team manager, died from coronavirus. He was 21.

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