He described Antuna’s case as atypical, as in a period of six days he produced two negative tests and one positive for COVID-19.
Chivas rated Uriel Antuna’s positive for Covid-19 in his call with Mexico’s under-23 national team as a “private case,” as the footballer performed two previous PCR tests during the week and they were negative.
In a press release, the Guadalajara team assured that their footballer played healthy on the last day of the MX League, so they showed their surprise at what was experienced in the national representative, where he was separated after giving a positive test result.
1) Last Wednesday, February 10, a PCR test was applied, which gave a NEGATIVE.
2) Last Sunday, February 14, when he arrived at the concentration with the Pre-Olympic Team, several routine tests were applied to him. In the first, the antigen test came out NEGATIVE, and in the second, PCR, gave a POSITIVE.
In view of this, they added that the team performed a fourth test, in less than a week, on the Guadalajara element and stated that the footballer has antibodies that he considers immune., because the player had Coronavirus disease a few months ago.
“Once under the protection of the Sports Science Department of the club, other tests were applied to confirm his status. The results gave a NEGATIVE and the presence of IGG antibodies, which indicates that the player is still immune after contracting the virus a few months ago. “, Read the text.
Given this, they made it clear that the player will train with his teammates, as the team is in constant communication with the health authorities.
“Communication between Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Liga MX has been tight at all times and, based on the history of tests (PCR, antigen and antibodies) applied so far, the MX League Epidemiology Commission has determined that Uriel remains under constant monitoring, but will be able to participate regularly in team activities. “