Coronavirus infection was detected in another Zenit player. The head coach of the club, Sergei Semak, spoke about this on Monday, August 10, on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
The virus was confirmed by a second test, he said. However, he did not give the name of the sick person.
Two weeks ago, the St. Petersburg club said that one representative of the “blue-white-blue” had a dubious test result for COVID-19. Three more tests were made, which turned out to be negative, but he was sent to quarantine, reports the NSN.
On August 11 Zenit will play the first game in the new Tinkoff Russian Premier League draw. The club will go on a visit to the Volgograd “Rotor”, according to the website kp.ru.
Over the past day, 5118 new patients with coronavirus in 83 regions were registered in Russia. Of these, 26.5% had no clinical manifestations of the disease. 70 deaths were recorded. During the day, 3259 people recovered in the country.
All information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites of stopcoronavirus.rf and access vsem.rf. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112. In addition, information is available under the hashtag #WeWeTogether.