Soccer in the time of COVID-19: 1 year report from an Italian top league club, March 2020-February 2021.
Epidemiol Infect
; 149: e207, 2021 09 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1397816
ABSTRACT
We report the events of an Italian top league soccer club that took place in 1 year (from March 2020 to February 2021) at the time of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In early March 2020, just before sport competitions were called off due to the national lockdown in Italy, the team, which included 27 players and 26 staff at the time, faced a COVID-19 outbreak, with 16 confirmed and seven probable cases, including three staff members who had to be hospitalised. In May 2020, at the resumption of the training sessions, a high prevalence of anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobulin G positivity (35/53, 66%) was detected among the members of the group. In the following months, sport activities were organised behind closed doors with stringent risk mitigation procedures in place. As of February 2021, only two new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were detected within the group, against more than 3500 nasopharyngeal swabs and 1000 serological tests.
Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Soccer
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Communicable Disease Control
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Disease Outbreaks
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Epidemiol Infect
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Epidemiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S0950268821002065
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