Valencia star Ezequiel Garay first La liga player to test positive of Coronavirus

Tanish Chachra | 15/03/2020
Valencia star Ezequiel Garay first La liga player to test positive of Coronavirus

Valencia star Ezequiel Garay becomes the first La Liga player to be tested positive of Coronavirus; player confirms his situation on social media.

The victims of coronavirus in Europe are increasing massively, and even celebrities are no exception to it, now Ezequiel Garay has become the first La Liga player to be tested positive of Coronavirus.

The 33-year-old superstar confirmed about his situation by posting a video on social media. “I have tested positive for coronavirus, I feel very well and now it only remains to pay attention to the health authorities, for now, to be isolated.”

With this, Garay has been added to the list of handful of footballers who have been tested positive of the Coronavirus, Daniele Rugani was the first elite footballer to be tested positive of the virus.

Followed by Callum Hudson Odoi, Mikel Arteta, German Pezzella and Patrick Cutrone. The Coronavirus pandemic has affected all the sporting events in the world, especially Europe.

As of now, La Liga has also been suspended for the next two matchdays, the decision comes after Real Madrid were placed into isolation and all activity at their training complex was cancelled after one of the club’s basketball players tested positive.

A statement released by La Liga read: “Given the circumstances that are coming to light this morning, referring to the quarantine established in Real Madrid and the possible cases in players from other clubs,”

“La Liga considers it appropriate to continue to the next phase of the protocol of action against COVID-19. As a result, in accordance with the measures established in Royal Decree 664/1997 of May 12, [La Liga] agrees to postpone at least the next two match days.”

Also read: Cristiano Ronaldo transforms hotels to hospitals to help fight Coronavirus

Apart from La Liga, all the other leagues from the different countries have been suspended along with UEFA competitions. Meanwhile, there are doubts over the postponement of Euro 2020.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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