According to reports, Barcelona have had two of its staff members test positive for coronavirus.
As per Spanish publication La Vanguardia h/t by The Daily Star, the club’s chief of medical services Ramon Canal and their handball medic Josep Antoni Guttierez are the two staff members in question.
#Deportes: El responsable del área médica del FC Barcelona, Ramón Canal, y su compañero Josep Antoni Gutiérrez, médico del equipo de balonmano, dieron positivo a la prueba de coronavirus Covid-19.https://t.co/KjYa0ZYEmh
— Periódico Zócalo (@PeriodicoZocalo) March 26, 2020
Canal, aged 59, was the first to test positive for the virus an is currently hospitalized alongside Gittierez.
The club have yet to make an announcement and are expected to do wo within the next 24 hours.
With Spain under lock-down, the Barcelona players will continue to self-isolate at home as they hope the situation can come to an end soon.
We wish speedy recovery to both of them.