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Sports News of Sunday, 15 March 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Five Valencia players and staff diagnosed with coronavirus

Ezequiel Garay tests positive for COVID-19 Ezequiel Garay tests positive for COVID-19

Spanish club, Valencia, have announced that at least, five of their players and staff have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.

Argentine defender Ezequiel Garay, who plays for the club, became the first La Liga player to announce a positive test earlier on Sunday.

Valencia added that Garay and staff are "in good health".

"It is clear I have started 2020 with bad luck," Garay, 33, wrote on Instagram.

"I am very well and must obey health authorities and stay isolated."

A Valencia statement said the affected players and staff were "in their homes in good health and under isolation measures".

"We are confident that with solidarity, responsibility and good spirits we will beat this pandemic," the club added.

Spain's La Liga was suspended on Thursday after the Real Madrid squad went into quarantine.

Spain is the second worst-hit country in Europe after Italy and is set to declare a national lockdown on Monday.