Apoel announce positive Covid case at club

Nicosia football club Apoel have released an official statement notifying the public that they have detected at least one positive Covid-19 at the club, with the possibility of further cases in the process of being confirmed.

“Apoel Podosfero Ltd wishes to inform the public that a positive Covid-19 case has been detected at the club”, the club statement said.

“In light of this event, today’s training session has been called off and the entire football department will go through a round of PCR testing tomorrow”, the statement concluded.

Further to the above news, it has been reported that beyond the one confirmed case, a further seven players have been found positive through the less reliable rapid tests they underwent.

These players will be tested again tomorrow. In the event where at least three of these players are positive then Apoel’s next game will be automatically called off.

As a reminder, the Cyprus Football Association’s protocols in regards to positive coronavirus cases state that in the event where four players from the club’s senior team test positive within a seven-day period then their club’s next match will be automatically postponed and rescheduled.

Apoel are scheduled to face Karmiotissa in the Cyprus football championship on Friday, while their next fixture after that is a knock-out Cyprus Cup game against Apollon Limassol on December 16.

Both games are now on the verge of being called off, pending tomorrow’s second round of testing.