{"id":13405,"date":"2020-03-10T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13405"},"modified":"2020-03-11T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T17:46:03","slug":"forest-and-olympiacos-owner-marinakis-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13405","title":{"rendered":"Forest and Olympiacos Owner Marinakis Tests Positive for Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/marinakis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/marinakis.png 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/marinakis-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Nottingham Forest majority owner Evangelos Marinakis has announced he has contracted coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek businessman \u2013 also owner of Olympiacos, who are due to play Wolves behind closed doors in the Europa League on Thursday \u2013 attended Friday night\u2019s Sky Bet Championship match against Millwall, where he reportedly met with the first-team squad.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed on Instagram on Tuesday morning that he was now following the advice of doctors regarding self-isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Marinakis said: \u201cThe recent virus has \u2018visited\u2019 me and I felt obliged to let the public know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel good as I take all the necessary measures and I discipline to the doctors instructions. I strongly advise all my fellow citizens to do the same. I wish all a quick recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is understood an initial discussion has taken place between Forest and the English Football League, and that those conversations will continue throughout the day to ascertain what the situation is.<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday afternoon, Greek Super League leaders Olympiacos were still planning on hosting Thursday\u2019s last-16 first-leg tie against Wolves, the PA news agency understands.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek government has enforced a two-week suspension of spectators attending sporting events due to the outbreak of Covid-19, with the game due to be played behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-13405\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13405&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-13405\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13405&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-13405\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13405&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13405\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest majority owner Evangelos Marinakis has announced he has contracted coronavirus. 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