False case of coronavirus in the Italian national football team: Stephan El Shaarawy is first positive, even if the viral load is low, and immediately negative.
Former Giallorossi footballer Stephan El Shaarawy tested positive for coronavirus: he had been indicated as a case of positivity among the blues of Roberto Mancini's national team. After a while the control swab showed negativity. Is this a case of a false positive?
The doctor of the national team, Andrea Ferretti, on the eve of the Nations League match against the Netherlands, had announced the positivity of El Shaarawy.
The words of the national team doctor
"El Shaarawy's swab is low in charge, and could even be a false positive," the doctor explained.
At the next serological test, in fact, the blue player was negative so he now remains in isolation pending the outcome of the second swab, explained Ferretti, head of the medical area of the FIGC.
El Shaarawy negative for the second Coronavirus swab
Stephan El Shaarawy tested negative for the control swab carried out today, after the positive result of the one he underwent last night in the national team retreat in Bergamo. This is what the Football Association has announced.
“We are going through difficult months, and we know this. I believe that in the end the real victory will be to have finished this championship: I already know that whoever wins will talk about a fake tournament, but the truth is that it will be important to get to the end ": Giorgio Chiellini said, from withdrawal of the national team.
“We are not surprised by this escalation of cases, we have to move forward. We players know we are taking risks, and we are ready to take them ”, added Chiellini. "We have to move forward because we know that football is an economic movement, and for the social value we know it has: in the coming weeks there will be other closures, and I think football is important for the people". (Sources: Ansa, Agi)
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