The news that Mohamed Salah was positive about being exposed to Covid-19 was quite shocking for football lovers. Luckily, according to the Egyptian National Team Doctor Mohamed Abou Elela, the Liverpool striker was experiencing mild symptoms.
As is known, the news about Mohamed Salah first appeared on Friday, November 13 2020, WIB. The test results showed that the 28-year-old player was positive for Covid-19. As a result, The Egyptian King was dropped from the Egyptian national team which was preparing for African Cup Qualification.
The case of exposure to the Corona virus among footballers is not the first to be heard of. However, usually the footballers do not experience symptoms. Meanwhile, Mo Salah is known to have mild symptoms of Covid-19.
The footballer must now undergo compulsory independent isolation in his hometown, Nagrig, Egypt. Mo Salah must first test negative for Covid-19 before he can return to England to strengthen Liverpool.
“He’s experiencing mild symptoms. No symptoms are too severe. He will have to self-isolate in Egypt until the next test results come back negative for Covid-19. After that, then he can fly, “said Mohamed Abou Elela, quoted from Goal, Sunday (11/15/2020).
“The anxiety of the Egyptian authorities is because for Egypt, Mo is a special person. Everyone here wants to help him and do what can be done, ”added the Egyptian national.
Thus, Mo Salah must at least undergo independent isolation for the next 14 days. That means, his self-isolation period will only finish on November 28, 2020. That, too, does not necessarily mean that the footballer will immediately test negative.
It’s still warm in the memory of what happened to Cristiano Ronaldo. The 35-year-old footballer tested positive for Covid-19 on October 13, 2020. He had to undergo self-isolation for two weeks and was only tested negative in early November.
The most disadvantaged parties from this incident are the Egyptian and Liverpool national teams. Hossam El Badry was forced to turn his brains to fill the void left by Mo Salah to face the 2021 African Cup Qualification.
Meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp was getting dizzy at Liverpool. With a period of independent isolation that must be undertaken, Mo Salah will definitely miss the match against Leicester City, November 22, 2020. Even though this match is very important to fight for the top position of the Premier League standings.
