Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has actually checked positive for the coronavirus, the football club have actually validated.

The full first-team team and anybody else who has actually remained in current close contact with Arteta has actually been informed to self- isolate

Arsenal’s clash versus Brighton on Saturday has actually been held off following the statement.

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Arsenal players train at London Colney

In a declaration, Brighton’s president Paul Barber stated: “Most importantly our ideas are with Mikel Arteta and we want him a quick recovery.

” It’s definitely vital the health and health and wellbeing of people takes concern and with that in mind Saturday’s match has actually been held off.

“We apologise to all fans for any inconvenience but trust everyone will understand that we are all facing an unprecedented situation.”

Revealing Arteta’s medical diagnosis, Arsenal stated: “Our London Colney training centre has actually been closed after head coach Mikel Arteta got a positive COVID-19 result this night.

“Arsenal personnel who had current close contact with Mikel will now self- isolate in line with federal government health standards.

” We anticipate this to be a substantial variety of individuals from Colney, consisting of the full first-team team and coaching personnel.”

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Mikel Arteta imagined at a training session at London Colney on 10 March

The declaration added: “It is clear we will not have the ability to play some fixtures on their currently arranged dates.

” We will upgrade advocates who have tickets for upcoming games with more details as soon as possible.”

The Premier League is now set to assemble an emergency situation club conference on Friday early morning concerning future fixtures.

Arsenal stated it is working to trace others who have actually had current close contact with Arteta.

The club’s Colney and Hale End training centres will be deep- cleaned up, however other club websites will run as regular.

Following the statement, Arteta stated: “This is really disappointing but I took the test after feeling poorly. I will be at work as soon as I’m allowed.”

Arsenal’s handling director, Vinai Venkatesham, stated the health of its personnel and the larger public was the club’s “top priority”.

COVID-19 ‘much, much even worse than Ebola’

“Our thoughts are with Mikel who is disappointed but in good spirits,” he added.

Arsenal’s game at Manchester City was cancelled on Wednesday after team members entered into contact with competitor team owner Evangelos Marinakis, who revealed on Tuesday he had actually contracted COVID-19

The current coronavirus advancements:

• A tenth individual in the UK has actually passed away after contracting COVID-19, taking the overall variety of cases in the nation to almost 600
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson has actually stated “many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time” as he stated the federal government is getting in the “delay” stage of its reaction to the infection
• The FTSE 100 has actually dropped more than 10% in its worst day because the 1987 crash
• France’s President Macron states the nation is facing its worst health crisis for a century
• The director of the London School of Health and Tropical Medication informed Sky News the spread of coronavirus is “much, much worse” than seen with Ebola
• This weekend’s Australian Grand Prix has actually been cancelled, according to the FIA, Solution One and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation

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Arteta’s medical diagnosis comes as 3 players at Premier League club Leicester City revealed signs of coronavirus and were separated.

The team’s manager, Brendan Rodgers, stated: “We have actually had a couple of players that have actually revealed indications and signs [of coronavirus] We have actually followed treatments and [as a precaution] they have actually been avoided the team.”

European football’s governing body, UEFA, is set to go over next week whether any of its 3 competitions will go on.

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The futures of this season’s Champions League, Europa League and this summertime’s European Champions are yet to be chosen.

England’s friendly match versus Denmark at Wembley on 31 March is anticipated to be cancelled, according to the Danish football federation.

The England side’s clash with Italy 4 days previously is likewise most likely to be cancelled.

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