Where in Riga did Russian hockey players with Covid-19 “disappear”?

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Repeated tests have shown fewer cases

According to the latest data from the SPKC, 2445 Covid-19 tests have been performed in the last 24 hours and 11 new cases have been registered.

The SPKC also supplemented the information by adding that six patients had come from abroad (France, Norway, Russia) and that there were four – instead of seven – as mentioned above – Nizhnekamsk “Neftehimik” players.

Jauns.lv initially contacted SPKC to find out whether the mentioned seven cases turned out to be an error and found out that the data published by KHL were inaccurate.

As Jānis Stepītis, a representative of the Riga Dinamo Press Service, explained, the previous tests for seven representatives were positive and this information was also published by KHL.

“In addition, it should be noted that standard tests were performed, not express tests, as stated in the information provided by KHL,” Stepītis clarified.

In the end, after repeated tests, the team found four cases of Covid-19 instead of seven, which also coincides with the information published by the SPKC.

Hockey players must live with regular tests and residence restrictions

As explained by the representative of Riga “Dinamo”, tests for athletes are performed in a special room, immediately after arrival. Both the team doctors and the representatives of the designated laboratory participate in the process.

To ensure the lowest possible risk of Covid-19 infection, players are housed on separate floors of the hotel during their stay. Athletes are also fed in special dining rooms, where only the team stays.

Jauns.lv has already reported that both teams had to start the match at “Arena Riga” on Friday at 7.30 pm, but KHL reported that it has been postponed indefinitely.

KHL reports that upon arrival in Riga from Helsinki, all Neftehimik hockey players underwent mandatory Covid-19 tests.

After receiving information about several positive Covid-19 tests in the “Neftehimik” team, the Finnish government has set a 14-day quarantine for the Helsinki “Jokerit” team, in which the goalkeeper of the Latvian hockey team Jānis Kalniņš also plays. The team will not be allowed to participate in the next four KHL matches.