Froome, during the Arab Emirates Tour.
The British Cyclist Chris Froome and his teammates from Ineos were authorized to leave United Arab Emirates (UAE) after giving a negative test for the coronavirus, after four days locked in a hotel. “All our cyclists and staff leave the UAE after having given their approval. Thank you to all those who have helped us and have taken care of the team in recent days,” Ineos said through Twitter.
Froome and his compatriot from Bahrain-McLaren Mark Cavendish They were some of the UAE Tour cyclists who were locked in the hotels of the capital Emirat, Abu Dhabi, after two members of an unidentified team tested positive for COVID-19.
Less luck I ran the Spanish Jess Herrada Lopez (Cofidis), as well as his brother Jos, which plays on the same team, and the members of the Russian Gazprom, the Groupama and the UAE, who continue at the hotel awaiting permission to fly.
“Some runners are still held in our rooms in Abu Dhabi with little information and a negative result in coronavirus. Others have been able to leave,” said Herrada on Twitter.
After detecting the two cases, the emirate authorities decided last Thursday to cancel the UAE Tour two days before it ended. For its part, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said in a statement that the UAE decision was “in the interest of the health of cyclists and their staff, and prevent the spread of the virus”.
The Abu Dhabi Health Department said last Saturday in a statement that quarantine measures were taken for those who were in contact with the two people who tested positive. Local authorities have imposed house quarantine on the rest until the selection and examination process is completed.
“A total of 612 people who were in contact with the two Italian patients were examined, and laboratory results showed that 450 are free of the virus, while the results of the remaining 162 people are expected soon,” he said Saturday at the wheel. Press Minister of Health and Prevention, Abderrahman bin Mohamed bin Nasser Al Owais.
The emirate authorities have announced a total of 19 cases of coronavirus in the Arab country, after registering six recent infected, including four Iraqis, a Chinese and a Bahrain, all of them from Irn.
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