Juventus have announced that 25-year-old defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for coronavirus.

The Italy international is the first player from the club to test positive for the virus.

“The footballer Daniele Rugani has tested positive for Coronavirus-COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic,” the Italian club said in a short statement published on Wednesday night.


“Juventus Football Club is currently activating all the isolation procedures required by law, including those who have had contact with him.”

Juventus, who are based in the city of Turin in the northwest region of Piedmont, were earlier this month forced to cancel youth team training sessions after three opposition players tested positive for the virus.

All Italian sport has been suspended until 3 April because of the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

Juventus’ next scheduled game is on 17 March against Olympique Lyonnais in the Champions League and the match could still take place, albeit behind closed doors.

“Juventus have confirmed to us that we will play on Tuesday night behind closed doors in Turin,” Lyon’s president, Jean-Michel Aulas, told French newspaper L’Équipe on Tuesday.

“This has been confirmed by Uefa. The Italian Prime Minister had said that no matches could be played, but then said that this pertained to matches at a national level and not at an international level.”

Nearly 200 people in Italy have died in 24 hours as cases of coronavirus in the country continue to rise.

There have been 827 deaths in Italy and the number of cases jumped by more than 2,000 – from 10,149 to 12,462 – official figures showed on Wednesday evening.

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Who Italy offend

Ronaldooooooo

Corona virus is no respecter of age, religion, social, political and ethical background. The rich are even more likely to contract it as a result of their many travels

I am sure that Cristiano Ronaldo and co will be highly tensed and nervous now

Nevertheless, best wishes to all suffering from the corona virus disease

They just want to give Ronaldo corona..

This is so crazy.

Ronaldo will not show up for training in the next six months

Sirjamo:
Ronaldo will not show up for training in the next six months

wouldn't blame him, he has made enough money fr 10 lifetime$

The world is scared

This is getting serious n out of hands

I saw it coming... More players will join the list. The proud and arrogant world we find ourselves does not know what has just hit it.
Putin, Kim and Trumpet needs to taste this humble pie.

They need to shed a little ego and take time off their power tussle.

This is getting serious

They should just stop drinking Corona beer and switch to bud light or Heineken

I really don’t understand what is going on. People are somewhere dying like chickens from this disease and Nigeria now seems to be the heaven we all have been praying for.


The same condemned Nigeria.

Is the outside world playing us?

Sad, so sad, hope he recovered

Hmm
This coronavirus is becoming real
Oh lord Africa is in your hands. Amen

Nigeria should be thankful there is no Corona virus here. All those reported cases are audio. Sincerely Audio

Who knows him?

Jesu!

Microsoft co- founder Bill Gates said the coronavirus is starting to behave like the “once-in-a-century pathogen we have been worried about.
28 Feb 202 - Bill Gate.

prepared for the next big thing. it happens once in a century. the last one was the Spanish flue. Ebola doesn't have what it take to achieve that.

the world is getting to hot and over crowded,that need to be address, but unfortunately some of you may die. but it's a sacrifice to keep the earth safe and running.
and much more better as the idiot and miscreants are wipeout.

the side effect is that there is going to be a global meltdown which the world had never seen in the past since the world war 2.

hisexcellency34:
Who Italy offend

The countries they were intentionally spreading the virus to.

Sweetcollins:
Hmm
This coronavirus is becoming real
Oh lord Africa is in your hands. Amen

The Deputy Governor of Lagos once said on TV that Covid-20 is worse than this Covid-19 and that people should be calm, yen, yen, yen.
They ask you about Covid-19, you're talking Covid-20?

And they said only the elderly and immunocompromised can contract the virus. Very young, fit and healthy athletes are coming up with the virus, so what gives? I'm guaranteeing myself in my apartment for another 69 months. Stocked up on food and water to outlive my neighbors.

they should just cancel all sport activities

make everybody enter house abeg

My Ronaldo

They should just cancel EPL. next season we start afresh.

chukwugoziegi:


The Deputy Governor of Lagos once said on TV that Covid-20 isn't as worse as this Covid-19 and that people should be calm, yen, yen, yen.
They ask you about Covid-19, you're talking Covid-20?

Na model ni!