Official: all 18 clubs in 1A have corona

KV Mechelen announced on Friday morning that it still has three corona cases. The Maneblussers were the last club in 1A that had not yet reported positive tests after the resumption of training sessions. As a result, a total of 63 professional football players have tested positive for corona in recent days. Out of a total of more than five hundred football players in 1A, that is one in eight.

It is striking that KV Mechelen now communicates that it is corona cases. Because the club had already left for a winter internship on January 2, it had received an exception from the Pro League to have the PRC tests only taken on Saturday for practical reasons. On Thursday it was still sounded that everyone had done self-tests and that they were all negative.

The Pro League had mandated those PCR tests to prevent players from picking up the virus on vacation and then spreading it in the team bubble on winter camp. In the meantime, all clubs are known to have at least one corona case.

The competition will resume next Friday, January 14 with the 22nd match day. At the latest thirty hours before that, all players will be tested again.

Coronagevallen for clubs:

1. KRC Genk 7

2. KV Ostend 7

3. Club Brugge 6

4. Eupen 6

5. STVV 4

6. AA Gent 4

7. Charleroi 4

8. KV Kortrijk 4

9. Seraing 4

10. Zulte Waregem 3

11. KV Mechelen 3

12. Anderlecht 2

13. Standard 2

14. Club Brugge 2

15. Union 2

16. Antwerp 1

17. OH Leuven 1

18. Beer shot 1

(wic, thst)

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