Six Dynamo Kyiv players, five staff test positive for COVID-19 ahead of Barcelona clash
FOOTBALL By Reuters | November 3rd 2020 | 1 min read
Six Dynamo Kyiv players and five members of staff have tested positive for COVID-19 before Wednesday’s Champions League group game against Barcelona, the Ukrainian club have said.
“Testing showed a positive result in several players of the team: Georgy Tsitaishvili, Denis Garmash, Mikkel Duelund, Alexander Karavaev, Tudor Belutse and Mykola Shaparenko,” Dynamo said in a statement.
“In addition, the tests of assistant head coach Emil Karas and four representatives of the team’s staff gave a positive result.”
The club added that all those who had tested positive were in self-isolation and doing well.
Dynamo are third in Group G with one point, five behind leaders Barcelona, who they play in Spain on Wednesday.
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