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Arsenal's Europa League tie with Rapid Vienna to go ahead as planned despite one member of the Austrian team tested positive for coronavirus this week as the Gunners' opponents followed UEFA protocols

Arsenal's Europa League tie with Rapid Vienna is still set to go ahead as planned despite one player in the Austrian club's ranks testing positive for Covid-19.

The Gunners take on their first Europa League opponents on Thursday afternoon though the match was thrown into minor doubt with news of the positive case in Rapid's squad.

However, the Austrian side confirmed that they have followed UEFA protocols and the rest of the squad have since tested negative in separate results, meaning the match can go ahead as normal.

Arsenal's match with Rapid Vienna will go ahead despite one Rapid player getting Covid-19
The Austrians have followed UEFA protocols and no other member of the squad has the virus

The Rapid statement read: 'As part of the routine Covid-19 tests at SK Rapid, a player tested positive after the evaluation.