The Castres team during the Top 14 match against Stade Français, September 13, 2020. -
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The news fell on Wednesday, via a press release from Castres Olympique.
Following tests carried out on Monday, 11 new positive cases for Covid-19 were recorded in the Tarn workforce.
The CO had already seen its Top 14 match in Montpellier, initially scheduled last Sunday, postponed to a later date after the revelation of three positive cases three days earlier.
For similar reasons, he was eliminated without playing in the Challenge Cup, before a quarter-final scheduled for September 20 at the English Leicester.
New positive cases within Castres Olympique.
Our press release ⬇️https: //t.co/Rgz0ebzril
- Castres Olympique (@CastresRugby) October 7, 2020
Suffice to say that the prospect of seeing the match against Brive on Saturday at the Pierre-Fabre stadium seems more than compromised, while the five-time champion of France suspended his training until Friday.
A finding of helplessness
“Certain parameters cannot unfortunately be controlled, reacted Cédric Chadourne, the club's referring doctor in charge of monitoring the tests.
For example, it was impossible for us to isolate asymptomatic but potentially contagious players last Thursday during the day before knowing them positive on the tests Thursday evening.
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“The only reassuring side is that now more than half of the workforce has contracted the virus and that potentially, its circulation will be reduced in the future within the club, continued the specialist.
Even if in the short term we are not immune to anything.
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