Shaqiri tests positive for Covid-19
The latest international break is now upon us.
With Covid-19 still rife across the globe, clubs are probably not overly excited about large parts of their squad travelling all around the world to mix with a whole host of different people.
Nevertheless, that is the situation we are in, and with the break only just beginning, we have already seen one high-profile player from the Premier League test positive.
Said player comes in the form of Xherdan Shaqiri, who had been called up with Switzerland for their upcoming ties with Croatia, Spain and Germany.
However, on Tuesday morning, the Swiss national team announced that the Liverpool winger had indeed returned a positive test:
Xherdan Shaqiri ist positiv auf Covid-19 getestet worden. In Absprache mit der Gesundheitsbehörde befindet er sich in Isolation. https://t.co/TW8M1nobvP pic.twitter.com/vOjkqmD7Gz
— 🇨🇭 Nati (@SFV_ASF) October 6, 2020
Liverpool’s Covid-19 cases
The news of Shaqiri testing positive comes just days after a number of other Liverpool stars have also tested positive for the virus.
First, it was reported on the 29th of September that one of Liverpool’s latest signing, Thiago, had tested positive for Covid-19:
Thiago Alcantara has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the necessary guidelines.
The club has, and will continue to follow, all protocols relating to COVID-19 and Thiago will remain in self-isolation for the required period of time.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 29, 2020
This was followed three days later by Sadio Mane then being forced to self isolates after contracting the virus:
Sadio Mane has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the necessary guidelines.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 2, 2020
Both players would, of course, go on to miss out on the 7-2 drubbing Liverpool received at the hands of Aston Villa on Sunday evening.
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