FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - The 108.5-km Stage 11 from Albertville to La Rosiere Espace San Bernardo - July 18, 2018 - Quick-Step Floors rider Fernando Gaviria of Colombia in action. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
(Reuters) - The cyclist Fernando Gaviria is one of only a handful of COVID-19 patients worldwide to have had the disease twice after his UAE Emirates team doctor confirmed on Wednesday that his test result during the Giro d'Italia was not a false positive.
Colombian Gaviria was withdrawn from the Giro on Tuesday after testing positive for the second time after a first infection in February.
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