Sundowns players recover from Covid-19
The club said that the medical team cleared the players for training.
Mamelodi Sundowns have welcomed back five personnel (staff and players) who have fully recovered from Covid-19, having spent 14 days in isolation.
Following the PSL’s green light for clubs to train, Mamelodi Sundowns players, technical team and support staff went for their second Covid-19 test whilst the training grounds were fumigated and prepared for the team, the training programme was also revised in accordance with the new protocols.
Before the team could resume training in Rustenburg, a third test was conducted, and five cases of asymptomatic nature were detected and the five immediately self-isolated for 14 days, the club said this week.
“Among the five, players who tested positive had to undergo further medical tests, cardiology (ECG, heart sonar) and pulmonology (lung scans) which also revealed that there was no cause for concern to their cardiovascular and respiratory systems,” the club said.
“With this good news, the five have joined the rest of the team from 21 July.”
The club said that the medical team cleared the players for training.
The spirit in the camp remained high as everyone was working hard in preparation for the remainder of the current league.
Mamelodi Sundowns’ Covid-19 committee, led by doctors Carl Tabane and Paul Maphoto, continues to follow the protocol guidelines from the PSL and cultivating a culture of social distancing and practising good hygiene, which includes the continuous sanitising and washing of hands by all personnel.
“We have to look after ourselves now that the virus has come closer to home. We have to sanitise, wash our hands, wear a mask, social distance, eat well, look after our bodies, respect the virus and we need to stay home. As everyone has said, the virus does not move itself, we move the virus,” said Dr Tabane.
With the new protocols, the backroom staff have adjusted to the new regulations, as a result they get to training earlier and leave later than normal as they have to sanitise all the equipment used for training.
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