The Government Delegation in Asturias has requested this Monday to the National Police to open an investigation to clarify whether the outbreak of covid-19 linked to the Real Sporting de Gijón
It is related to the celebration of events that violate the sanitary regulations approved by the regional Executive.
As reported to Efe by sources from the Government Delegation, this decision has been taken after the collection of information on the coronavirus outbreak that arose in the field of the Gijon team that has affected six players from the first team and another three of the regulars of the subsidiary.
The Government delegate in Asturias, Delia Losa, has sent an official email to the Chief of Police in the Principality, Luisa María Benvenuty, in which she demands that she open an investigation to clarify the origin of the positives in the sportinguista squad, after the information in various media that place players of the Gijón team at a party in a restaurant in the city.
The vice president of the club Javier Martínez, one of the owners of the hotel establishment designated as the venue for the event, has denied that there was a players' party in one of his premises.
In a statement, Sporting emphasizes that the infections occurred during the holiday period “in the social or family sphere” and not in the club's facilities, and points out that on December 27 a player said he was ill, so it was done At home, a test of those provided by LaLiga with a positive result.