Valencia say 35% of squad, staff tested positive for coronavirus


FILE PHOTO - Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Second Leg - Valencia v Atalanta - Mestalla, Valencia, Spain - March 10, 2020 A general view outside the stadium ahead of the match which will be played behind closed doors while the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world REUTERS/Susana Vera

(Reuters) - La Liga side Valencia have said more than a third of their playing and backroom staff have tested positive for the coronavirus but that all cases were currently asymptomatic.

The club had reported five cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, with Argentina's Ezequiel Garay and France's Eliaquim Mangala both confirming they were among those who had contracted the virus.

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