Hockey players of the Belarusian club contracted coronavirus

23 players of the Belarusian hockey club Neman contracted coronavirus, said Telegram-channel NEXTA Live with reference to their own sources. The tests of Finnish legionaries Valtteri Hietanen, Junoas Hurri, Sami Yekunena and Timo Hiltunen were positive. The virus was also identified by two other players Nikita Bastrykin and goalkeeper Victor Moiseenko. It was later reported that the coronavirus had been identified by 17 players of the club's youth team. All of them are isolated at one of the recreation bases, the message reads. According to the news agency, earlier President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the World Health Organization (WHO) advised to introduce severe quarantine measures in the republic against the spread of coronavirus. Read also: Lukashenko: WHO recommends Belarus quarantine and curfew