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Coronavirus: Safa confirms three referees have tested positive for Covid-19

The South African Football Association (Safa) has confirmed that three of their 110 match officials have tested positive for Covid-19.

Last week, the association ran a series of tests for all the match officials that will take part in the completion of the 2019-20 season.

And the results came back earlier this week with Safa chief medical doctor and compliance officer Dr Thulani Ngwenya confirming that only three of the tests conducted came back positive for the coronavirus.

According to Ngwenya, the said referees are all asymptomatic.

"Only three referees tested positive for Covid-19 but are all asymptomatic," Ngwenya told the Safa website.