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Sports News of Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Super Eagles striker Onuachu tests positive for COVID-19

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Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu, 26, has tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.

Reports revealed that the result of his compatriots Stephen Odey and Cyril Dessers at Belgian club Genk, came out negative.

“In the run-up to the first exhibition game of the season, the entire Genk group was tested yesterday (Tuesday),” a report on Belgian website hln.be stated.

“Everyone tested negative except Onuachu.”

The 6ft7in striker left Belgium for Nigeria on May 27, alongside fellow Eagles strikers Victor Osimhen and Imoh Ezekiel and returned to his club June 28 after he was stranded for a week in Lagos due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Italian-born Nigerian becomes the second Nigerian footballer to contract the virus after Akpan Udoh, the first footballer to be infected, in February.

According to hln.be, Onuachu will miss Genk’s first exhibition game of the season against Eendracht Termien on Thursday (today) as he will be quarantined for a week.