Moroccan Soccer Star and Olympic Runner Test Positive for COVID-19
– bySylvanus
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Yassine Bounou, 29, goalkeeper of the Moroccan national team and Soufiane El Bakkali, 24, famous Moroccan athlete, have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Atlas Lions goalkeeper tested positive for Covid-19 upon his return from the national team on Thursday, the Andalusian club announced. Asymptomatic, Yassine is training at home.
Soufiane, for his part, tested positive for the coronavirus after a test carried out on Thursday, November 19. On Saturday, the Moroccan middle-distance runner, specialist in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, also vice-world champion in 2017 in London, himself shared this information on social networks.
Category: Sport
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