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Paulo Dybala tests positive for Coronavirus

Juventus strike, Paulo Dybala has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The Juventus strike in a message on his Instagram page on Saturday said he had received the result of his COVID-19 test and that he was positive. He added that his girlfriend, Oriana Sabatini was also positive for Coronavirus. “Hi everyone, I just wanted to inform you that we have received the results for the Covid-19 test and both Oriana and I have tested positive.“Luckily we are in perfect conditions.  Thanks for your messages,” he said. Dybala is the third Juventus player to test positive for Coronavirus after Daniele Rugani and France World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi, were earlier tested positive.

Coronavirus cases spike in US, Italy

Italy and United States recorded the world’s highest number of new coronavirus cases on Saturday, with Italy again burying a record 793 people, taking the tally of the dead to world’s largest 4,825. Confirmed coronavirus cases in Italy were 6,557, jacking up its total to 53,578. In the United States, 4,754 new cases were logged on Saturday, with the overall infections now 24,137, just some 1000 plus lower than Europe’s second worst hit country, Spain, which has 25,374 confirmed cases. Spain had 3,803 new cases on Saturday, third to Italy and United States. Recovery rate in the US has been very low, 171 people so far, with 288 people dying, amidst complaints of insufficient medical supplies and ventilators. As at Saturday, the virus is now raging in 187 countries, with infections surging to 303,433 and the death toll 12,964. China still has the world record of 81,008 cases. But Italy has now surpassed its death toll of 3,255. Here are the data for some countries, ou

Coronavirus: Arsenal boss Arteta tests positive for COVID-19

Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus and the Arsenal squad are expected to self-isolate, the Gunners have confirmed. The club said in a statement released on Thursday that its London Colney training centre has been closed as a result of the diagnosis. Arsenal confirmed staff and players who had "recent close contact" with Arteta would go into self-isolation, which includes the entirety of the first team. "Arsenal personnel who had recent close contact with Mikel will now self-isolate in line with government health guidelines," a statement from the Gunners read. "We expect this to be a significant number of people from Colney, including the full first-team squad and coaching staff, as well as a smaller number of people from our Hale End Academy which we have also temporarily closed as a precaution. "We expect those who did not have close contact with Mikel to return to work in the coming days. In the meantime our Colney an