Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, March 13 (Reporter Liu Wei) the Bundesliga Paderborn club announced on the evening of 13th that Luca Killian, a 20-year-old defender of the team and a member of the German U21 national team, was diagnosed with coronavirus. He was the first athlete in the Bundesliga league to be diagnosed with infection.
The announcement said that team coach Steffen baumgate had previously developed symptoms similar to that of coronavirus infection and was listed as a suspected case, so Kilian went for testing and confirmed. However, the result of baumgate test was negative.
The club said it would coordinate closely with the local health department and take a series of measures, including allowing other athletes and team staff to do virus testing on the 14th. The club said it would do its best to control the spread of the disease and provide the best medical support for players and employees.
Killian moved from Dortmund II to Paderborn, the prime minister of Liga last summer. He soon entered the team’s regular lineup and did not play again because of thigh injury at the end of January.
Affected by the epidemic, the German Football League (DFL) has suspended the German league and the German league on the 13th.