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Coronavirus: Italy begins drawing up medical guidelines for Serie A re-start

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo, Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku [Courtesy]

Italy's football federation (FIGC) has begun to draw up medical guidelines for a possible re-start of Serie A, which has been suspended since March 9 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The FIGC said that its medical committee held a video conference on Wednesday to "analyse and define a guarantee protocol for football in the event that sporting activities are allowed to resume."

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