The sixth wave of COVID, caused by the Omicron variant, is shaking society and therefore the world of football. With matches suspended in leagues such as the Premier (where, according to Reuters, 103 positives were found among all teams during the past week), LaLiga decided to establish a new prevention protocol that dictated, among other measures, that players should They will submit to PCR after the return of the Christmas holidays, at the end of the FIFA breaks, the new signings, the players who return from three days or more of rest in a row and other situations that thus require this type of control.
In this vacation round, all the clubs are following LaLiga protocol and tests are being carried out on all the players. That is why many positives from both footballers and staff are being confirmed. Therefore, all positives, according to the protocol, must be quarantined for 10 days.
This is the list of infections for each team
Athletic
Oier Zarraga and Marcelino García Toral (December 29).
Raúl García, Iñigo Lekue, Unai Nuñez and Asier Villalibre (December 30).
Alaves
No confirmed cases.
Atlético de Madrid
Simeone, Koke, Griezmann, Herrera and João Félix have tested positive (December 30).
Barcelona
Lenglet and Dani Alves (December 27).
Jordi Alba and Alex Baldé (December 28).
Dembélé, Umtiti and Gavi (December 29).
Dest, Coutinho and Abde (December 30).
Betis
Six positives announced on December 27.
Borja Iglesias (December 21)
Cadiz
5 positive players (December 27). The club has not revealed the identity of the footballers.
Celta Vigo
9 positives in the squad. The club has not revealed the identity of those infected.
Elche
Eight positives on returning to work. (December 27). The club did not specify the number of players or the names.
Gonzalo Verdú recovers (December 30). Therefore, the Verdiblanco club has 7 positive assets.
Spanish
5 positives diagnosed (December 27). The club has not revealed the identity of those infected.
Getafe
The club has communicated that it does not provide any information in this regard.
grenade
4 positive players (December 30). Three of them are Neva, Escudero and Bacca. The club has not given the name of the fourth player.
I raised
3 players (December 28). The club has not revealed the identity of the footballers.
Majorca
4 infected players (December 28). The club has not given names.
Osasuna
Íñigo Pérez and Chimy Ávila. For their part, Manu Sánchez, Darko and Barbero have presented an “indeterminate” result (December 28).
Vallecano Ray
9 positives in the first squad (December 21). The club has not specified the cases.
8 more positives (December 28). The club has not disclosed the identity of the players.
* On December 29, three players return to training.
* On December 30, four other players from the first team test negative. Therefore, the franjirrojo club has 10 positives.
Real society
10 positive cases of players (December 27). The club has not revealed the identity of those infected.
Real Madrid
Jovic joins the positives of the white set. The Serbian striker is the last confirmed case in Madrid (December 30) after the Vinicius positive (December 29). The white team already suffered an outbreak of coronavirus before the break, but all returned to the group after testing negative.
Courtois tests negative in two Consecutive PCRs. Valverde and Camavinga, negative in PCR after testing positive on December 30).
Seville
The club has announced this Thursday (December 30) another positive, which makes a total of five.
The club has announced this Wednesday (December 29) one more case.
The club has communicated three positive cases in the first squad this Tuesday. (December 28).
Valencia
4 positives detected after PCR tests (December 29). The club has not revealed the name of the infected.
Villarreal
The club has communicated that it will not give information on its positives.