A player of the Montpellier football team (Ligue 1) is "hospitalized for two days", announced Thursday the club of Hérault. He is affected by the new coronavirus, according to a source close to the file contacted by AFP.
Contamination not yet officially confirmed
"Following digestive and respiratory problems, one of our players has been hospitalized in Montpellier for two days in a specialized environment to benefit from appropriate care," only said the Hérault club on Thursday evening in a press release. The player, Junior Sambia according to the L'Equipe website, was hospitalized earlier this week. He is in the resuscitation service of a Montpellier clinic, according to the source close to the file contacted by AFP.
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- MHSC (@MontpellierHSC) April 23, 2020According to Metropolitan, the local news site which disclosed the information before the club's press release, this player, whose name he does not give, has been tested positive for coronavirus. Initially hospitalized in the emergency department of Lunel (Hérault), he was transferred for two days to intensive care in Montpellier.
Junior Samba, a versatile midfielder, arrived in 2017 from Niort. He is playing his third season in Montpellier, where he has never acquired a titular status. If Junior Sambia's contamination is officially confirmed, he would be the first Ligue 1 player affected by the coronavirus. The South Korean Hyun-jun Suk, who plays in Troyes in Ligue 2, had become in March the first professional footballer officially positive for coronavirus in France.
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