Shrewsbury Town manager Cotterill in ICU due to COVID-19


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Aston Villa vs Birmingham City - VIlla Park, Birmingham, Britain - February 11, 2018 Birmingham City manager Steve Cotterill Action Images/Matthew Childs

(Reuters) - Shrewsbury Town manager Steve Cotterill is in intensive care unit being treated for COVID-19 and will miss Tuesday's FA Cup third round tie at Southampton, the League One (third-tier) club said on Monday.

Assistant manager Aaron Wilbraham, who will take charge for the match, said Cotterill, 56, was shifted to an ICU unit at the weekend after testing positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday.

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