Dybala finally cured of Covid-19
Juventus star Paulo Dybala revealed Wednesday that he has been given the all-clear six weeks after contracting coronavirus, but Serie A rivals Torino confirmed that among their players had tested positive.
"Many people talked previously weeks ... but I can finally concur that I am healed. Many thanks once more for your support and my applying for grants all who remain suffering from it. Take care," tweeted the 26-year-old Argentina forward.
But city rivals Torino revealed that an unnamed player had been diagnosed with COVID-19 during testing of players and staff as Serie A teams go back to individual training this week.
"During the first lab tests completed on the Torino FC players, a positivity to COVID-19 emerged," the northern club said in a statement.
"The football player, currently asymptomatic, was immediately put in quarantine and you will be constantly monitored."
Torino have been among the clubs to express concerns about a return to competition as Italy grapples with a pandemic which includes killed almost 30,000 persons in the country.
Torino president Urbano Cairo this week conceded there have been "divergent opinions" regardless if officially all 20 Serie A teams have backed completing the growing season suspended since March 10.
Dybala was among three Juventus players to check positive along with Italy defender Daniele Rugani and France's Blaise Matuidi.
Rugani was the first Italian top-flight footballer identified as having the virus on March 11. Both he and World Cup winner Matuidi recovered mid-April.
Dybala was diagnosed on March 22, together with his girlfriend Oriana, who recovered sooner from the condition.
Dybala on Wednesday also posted a picture of himself on Instagram with his arms outstretched looking at the sky: "My face says everything, I'm finally cured from Covid-19."
Italian champions Juventus also confirmed that their Argentine star had recovered.
"Dybala performed, according to protocol, a check with diagnostic tests (swabs) for Coronavirus-Covid 19, which returned with negative results," Juventus said in a statement.
"The player has, therefore, recovered and will no longer go through the house isolation regime."
On Thursday, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) will meet up with the government's Technical Scientific Committee to go over the medical protocol for group training scheduled on May 18.
But sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora warned that it was "impossible to set a date" for a return to Serie A action before seeing the way the contagion evolves over the coming weeks.
