Covid-19: 73,991 tests carried out in Serie A TIM, Serie BKT and Serie C; 296 positive cases (0.4%)

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73,991 tests (viriological or seriological) were carried out on the 3,351 members of the "team groups" and of the referees subject to the "FIGC Protocol for the prevention of the contagion of Covid-19" in order to be able to finish the 2019-20 seasons of the Serie A TIM, Serie BKT and Serie C, reported the Italian Football Federation on 08/06/2020. Total number of positive cases: 296, or 0.4%.

• 56,397 viriological tests (76.2%), or 16.8 tests per person, on average.
12 positive cases (0.21 in 1,000).
• 17,594 seriological tests (23.8%), or 5.2 tests per person, on average.
284 positive cases (1.61 in 1,000).

"Football has a reliable and trustworthy system. Behaviors and figures confirm that with the contraction of the contagion curve (of the coronavirus) compared to the end of April, when the protocol was designed, the conditions are ripe for an adjustment, in a less invasive sense, of the prevention and surveillance model implemented so far. I would like to thank the medical scientific committee, the clubs and all those who have undergone these checks and who have cooperated…

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