BEIJING (Reuters) – Six members of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) women’s ice hockey staff are in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, the TASS information company reported on Thursday.
The ROC practised on Thursday with out the isolating players and are scheduled to play their Games opener on Friday towards Switzerland.
“We aren’t in contact with anybody in the Olympic Village,” Russian head coach Evgeny Bobariko mentioned. “Nobody goes anyplace.
“Everyone sits in their rooms, meals is dropped at them. We solely depart our rooms to get examined.
“We will not be allowed to make use of elevator, everybody goes down utilizing the steps.”
The RIA information company reported the six Russian players in isolation are Angelina Goncharenko, Olga Sosina, Lyudmila Belyakova, Ekaterina Nikolayeva, Diana Fakhrutdinova and Liana Ganeyeva.
(Reporting by Steve Keating in Beijing, Editing by Ed Osmond)
