“Riga” reported on Monday that many footballers had a high body temperature, so a total of 52 Covid-19 tests were performed at the club. The first tests revealed 16 positive cases, of which 14 were for footballers.
On Thursday, tests were performed on 79 club-related individuals who had not previously been diagnosed with Covid-19 infection. According to the club on Friday night, the last Covid-19 tests found 13 more infected people, two of whom are doctors, five coaches and one footballer. The other five are contacts or family members.
After positive cases of Covid-19 were detected in the “Riga” club, several RFS footballers were recognized as contact persons. The second team of the capital also had positive cases of Covid-19 and according to the club, three footballers have been infected.
At the meeting of the Latvian Football Super League on Monday, a majority decision was made to support the proposal not to continue the Optibet Latvian Football Super League season due to the difficult situation of Covid-19, but this proposal was not adopted by the LFF on Monday.
The statement of the Premier League emphasized that the incidence rates of Covid-19 in Latvia continue to increase, but the first infected have also been identified in the Latvian national football team, where there are 19 Premier League players among the candidates.
On Friday, the Riga team, being in self-isolation, secured their third championship title in a row in absentia, as their closest follower RFS lost to Liepāja 0: 1. Riga has repeatedly called on LFF to end the season this week.
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