ROME (Reuters) – The Serie A fixture between champions Inter Milan and Venezia on Saturday is at risk of being postponed after the Venetians recorded 10 new optimistic COVID-19 circumstances on Thursday.
Venezia mentioned 10 extra individuals had examined optimistic, taking the overall quantity of circumstances at the membership to 14 however they didn’t reveal what number of of these had been gamers.
“The health authorities have been informed and those affected have been placed in isolation,” learn a press release.
According to a brand new sports activities protocol agreed this week, Serie A video games will likely be postponed when at least 35% of a workforce’s 25-man squad exams optimistic, that’s 9 gamers.
Five video games haven’t gone forward this season because of COVID outbreaks, together with Inter’s journey to Bologna on Jan.7.
The champions prime of the desk, two factors clear of second-placed AC Milan with a sport in hand, whereas Venezia are seventeenth, two factors above the relegation zone.
(Reporting by Alasdair Mackenzie, enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)