Dynamo Dresden Ordered Into Two-Week Quarantine After Two Players Test Positive For Covid-19
German second division side Dynamo Dresden have been ordered into a two-week quarantine after two of their players tested positive for Coronavirus.
This represents the first major setback in Germany’s plans to get football up and running again following the season’s suspension in March because of Covid-19.
The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 are supposed to resume on May 16 after the German government gave the green light for football to resume behind closed doors last week.
Dresden, who are bottom of the Bundesliga 2, will be unable to honour their fixture against Hannover 96 next week.
“After an intensive analysis of the situation, the health authority in Dresden … decided on Saturday that the entire second division squad, including the coaching and support team, must now go into a 14-day quarantine at home,” the club said.
“Due to the quarantine measures, [we] will not be able to travel to Lower Saxony for the away game on matchday 26 as planned.”
Dynamo’s sporting director, Ralf Minge, said: “In the past few weeks, we have made enormous efforts in terms of personnel and logistics in order to strictly implement all the prescribed medical and hygienic measures. We are in contact with the responsible health authority and the DFL [German Football League] to coordinate all further steps. The fact is that we can neither train nor participate in the game in the next 14 days.”
