Professional volleyball player corona confirmed… Men’s competition suspended for 2 weeks
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Jin-woo Park, a player at the KB Insurance Center for the men’s professional volleyball team, was tested positive for Corona 19 last night.
The Korean Volleyball Federation has decided to stop the league for two weeks only for men’s games.
Let’s connect with the Ministry of Sports and Culture to hear more details.
Reporter Park Ji-eun.
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What I was concerned about became a reality.
According to the KB Insurance Club, Park Jin-woo showed signs of high fever yesterday morning and was tested for Corona 19 at a screening clinic.
I was confirmed yesterday night.
Park Jin-woo was a game the day before yesterday, and since he played an active part in the OK Financial Group game on the 21st, the front desk, referees, competition members, and federation employees who have contacted the KB Insurance Team as well as the opposing team OK Financial Group and both teams are classified as contacts. I am going to undergo a corona test.
In the current situation, it is difficult to proceed with the league, so the Federation held an emergency meeting with each club last night over the phone.
We have decided to stop the men’s regular league for two weeks.
It was confirmed that the women’s department had no close contact with Park Jin-woo.
However, we have to watch the corona test results of the experts, referees, and scorers who participated in the game on the 21st, where Park Jin-woo played.
If there are no additional confirmed cases, the women’s division will continue the league as normal.
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This isn’t the first time a coronavirus has been confirmed in professional volleyball, isn’t it?
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Yes, Keita, a foreign player from KB Insurance, who arrived in Italy in July last year, was confirmed as coronavirus.
In addition, Bruna of Heungkuk Life’s Women’s Division, who came as an alternative mercenary, was recently tested positive for coronavirus.
However, both players were confirmed during the self-quarantine period and were before contact with the team.
It didn’t affect the league.
In December, the camera manager, who participated in the men’s game as a relay staff, was confirmed confirmed and some games were canceled.
At that time, about 1,500 men and women of 13 club players, coaching staff, secretariat staff, and competition members were tested for Corona 19, and the league could be resumed without additional confirmed cases.
However, this is the first time in the professional league that a domestic player has been confirmed coronavirus.
Park Jin-woo said that he did not live in the accommodation and commuted to work, but since he ate and moved with the players even outside the court, there is a situation of concern about further confirmation.
In the event of additional confirmed cases, the league may be interrupted for two consecutive seasons following the previous season.
So far, the news agency has delivered it.
Yonhap News TV article inquiries and reports: katok/line jebo23
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