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Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets tests positive for Covid-19

Sergio Busquets has tested positive for Covid-19 while with the Spain squad ahead of this summer’s European Championship.

The RFEF confirmed the positive test in a statement on their official website. The rest of the squad have all tested negative.

Here’s the official statement:

“The RFEF regrets to announce that its captain Sergio Busquets has given a positive result in the last PCR test that was carried out this morning at the concentration of the national team in Las Rozas. The rest of the members of the concentration have all tested negative.

“The Federation’s medical services have adopted all the necessary measures in a case of these characteristics in accordance with the protocols established by both the Ministry of Health and UEFA, so that the footballer has abandoned the concentration in a medicalized vehicle.