Covid-19: Hubers is first pro player to test positive in Germany

 

A German second division footballer has tested positive for the virus.

Hannover say their defender Timo Hubers, 23, is in quarantine at home while the rest of the playing staff will be tested.

Gerhard Zuber, sporting director of Hannover 96 said: ‘Timo behaved in an exemplary manne

‘He shows no symptoms himself. So far, when he found out that a person who had been with him at the event was tested positively, he reported directly to the doctor and temporarily went into quarantine at home. ‘

The entire squad, coaching team and staff are being tested for the virus as a precaution.

Media appointments have been cancelled and training will take place behind closed doors but Hannover’s clash with Dynamo Dresden on Sunday will however still go ahead..

According to the club’s website, it is assumed that Hubers picked up coronavirus at an event on Saturday evening.

They claim that the player has had no contact with his team-mates since picking up the illness.

Coronavirus which has now been nicknamed Covid-19 has continued to spread worldwide forcing cancellation/postponement of champions and tournaments

Today’s Manchester City’s Premier League match with Arsenal has been postponed as a “precautionary measure” and several Gunners players are in self-isolation after Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis contracted coronavirus.

Arsenal say Marinakis, 52, met a number of their players when the Gunners hosted the Greek side in a Europa League match two weeks ago.

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Marinakis who also owns Championship side Nottingham Forest said on Tuesday he had tested positive for Covid-19.

Olympiakos will host Wolves in the Europa League on Thursday after Uefa rejected Wolves’ request for the last-16 first-leg match to be postponed.