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Cologne have announced three people at the club have tested positive for coronavirus \u2013 yet training will continue ahead of the Bundesliga\u2019s return.<\/p>\nCologne have announced three people at the club have tested positive for coronavirus \u2013 yet training will continue ahead of the Bundesliga\u2019s return.<\/p>\n
The German top flight looks set to become the first major league to return to action as the world continues to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Clubs are back in training with a mid-May resumption on the cards, but Cologne\u2019s arrangements have received a setback.<\/p>\n
The club, 10th in the Bundesliga, said that \u201cafter three positive tests, three people at FC Koln are now in quarantine\u201d \u2013 but also that \u201cthe group training can continue\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Cologne said: \u201cFC Koln had the entire team and coaching staff, along with the backroom staff, tested on Thursday for Covid-19. Three people tested positive, all are symptom free.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter an assessment of the cases by the responsible health authorities, the three people who tested positive will go into a 14-day quarantine at home. FC Koln will not confirm any names out of respect for the privacy of those affected.<\/p>\n
\u201cFC Koln\u2019s training can continue as planned, according to the hygiene and infection control measures that have been in place since April 6 in group training.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe prerequisite for this is that the relevant group of people are tested further, as stated for in the medical concept of the \u2018Taskforce Sports Medicine\/Special Game Operation\u2019 from the DFL.\u201d<\/p>\n
The procedure discussed on Friday with the taskforce\u2019s chair Professor Dr Tim Meyer, medical director of the Institute for Sports and Preventive Medicine at Saarland University, and Professor Dr Barbara Gartner, specialist in microbiology and infection epidemiology.<\/p>\n
Meyer said: \u201cWe now see in everyday life that our concept recognizes and reduces risks at an early stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will always be in close contact with the responsible health authorities and medical experts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are convinced that with our concept, we can enable players to practice their profession with the best possible protection against infection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cologne managing director Horst Heldt: \u201cThe health and private sphere of players and staff have priority above all else.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe previous measures, as well as the strategy of regular tests, have proven themselves so that we can now react with individual solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n