Sheep to lose 8 players - Game vs St Johnstone Now Off

SPFL
JOINT RESPONSE GROUP UPDATE 06/08/20
CONFIRMATION OF POSITIVE TESTS – ABERDEEN FC

The Joint Response Group has been informed that Aberdeen FC has returned two preliminary positive tests for COVID-19 among its playing squad.

One player has now been confirmed as a positive by a follow-up National Health Service test, while the second player is awaiting the result of a follow-up NHS test.

In light of the First Minister’s increased restrictions imposed on the city of Aberdeen since a significant outbreak of COVID-19 this week, and following further investigation by NHS Grampian’s Health Protection Team, the Scottish Government has instructed that both players will require to self-isolate, along with a further six players found to have been in close proximity to the initial positive player.

The initial positive player will require to self-isolate for 10 days from yesterday, with the remaining seven players to self-isolate for 14 days from yesterday.

This instruction for self-isolation has been unanimously endorsed by the Joint Response Group. In light of the action taken, and after consultation with Scottish Government, Aberdeen’s Scottish Premiership match against St Johnstone on Saturday will go ahead as scheduled.

Rod Petrie, Joint Response Group Chair: “As we have said from the outset, public health is the absolute priority of the Joint Response Group. As soon as we were informed of the positive tests, the information was immediately referred to the Scottish Government via our Chief Medical Consultant.

“Given the well-documented outbreak in Aberdeen it was imperative that we took the swiftest action to enable the local Health Protection Team to respond immediately.

“The Scottish Government’s instruction to the JRG was clear and unequivocal, as was our support of that instruction. Given the circumstances, we issue the strongest possible message to all clubs to ensure compliance with the twice-weekly testing procedure and Scottish football’s Return to Playing Protocol. It is imperative that everyone adheres to Scottish Government public health advice.”
 

Aberdeen FC - Club Statement

Further to tonight’s JRG statement, Aberdeen FC confirms that two first team players, who have tested positive for COVID-19 but are asymptomatic, are self-isolating for ten days. In line with government guidance and procedures from the football authorities, six other players, who were in close...
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Valley Bluenose said:
So 8 players self-isolating for 10-14 days and they’ve to play their matches, if I’m reading that right. Nice.
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It seems absurd. What goes around will come around and will likely be at our door soon enough. If we were without 8 players I would feel very sore about our match(es) having to go ahead. I suppose the only “leveller” is that all clubs will likely face the same issue at least once during the season, maybe more than once.
 
ald said:
It seems absurd. What goes around will come around and will likely be at our door soon enough. If we were without 8 players I would feel very sore about our match(es) having to go ahead. I suppose the only “leveller” is that all clubs will likely face the same issue at least once during the season, maybe more than once.
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Imagine it happening to us just before the DhimDome? Doesn’t bear thinking about.
 
They wouldn’t have beat the tims anyways but as previous poster said if it was the day before the old firm and Celtic tested postive then the game would have been called off
 
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