U. Católica: 12 players must quarantine until Saturday and would be available for a duel with O’Higgins

Catholic University confirmed on Thursday that the Seremi de Salud RM notified them that 12 players of the squad must carry out a preventive quarantine, after being declared as close contacts of one of the Colo Colo players infected with the Delta variant of Covid-19.Through a statement, Cruzados explained that “these players must quarantine until Saturday, October 30, since that day marks the 7 days from the moment that the Seremi determined that they would have had contact with the infected player, last Sunday (which according to the regulations is considered day 1)”.” In this way, on Sunday 31 the players will be released and will be able to play the match against O’Higgins de Rancagua, “they added. The “UC” explained that “yesterday a routine control was carried out on our entire Professional Squad, giving all negative results for Covid-19, as happened in the exams carried out prior to the match”. They also clarified that “no member of the Colo Colo squad entered our dressing room before or after the match and that this decision of the authority to decree close contact to 12 of our players is based only on their presence on the field with the player infected during the dispute of the match”.

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