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Pirates Sanitize Spring Training Facility in Florida Amid Coronavirus Concerns

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The Pittsburgh Pirates brought in a sanitation team to perform a deep clean of their spring training facility in Bradenton, Florida, on Tuesday as a precaution in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), per ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Per Giuseppe Sabella of the Bradenton Herald, a Manatee County man is a "presumptive positive" case of the coronavirus.

Bradenton is the largest city in Manatee County, and Passan wrote that the deep cleaning came after the man's confirmed case. He also noted that the sanitation team used a "sanitizing machine to address surfaces in the team's clubhouse, offices, press box, suites, dugouts and concession stands.