IFK Gothenburg's Mattias Bjärsmyr has covid-19 - misses the Malmö FF match

IFK Gothenburg has only two points down to Helsingborg in a negative qualifying place in the Allsvenskan.

Now the team has suffered its first case of covid-19.

The club announces today on its website that the midfielder, who should be symptom-free, has been isolated from the rest of the team and is not in the squad for today's match against league-leading Malmö FF.

"No other staff have shown any symptoms or tested positive for the coronavirus. IFK Gothenburg follows the guidelines that have been issued by the Swedish Public Health Agency and Swedish Elite Football's protocol "

". We have taken all available measures to reduce the risk of infection spreading ", writes the association, and also announces that they have informed MFF about the situation.