Covid-19: risk of transmission while playing football "very low" (DFB study)

News Tank Football - Paris - News #234395 - Published on 18/11/21 at 16:20
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Tim Meyer, co-author of the study and chairman of the DFB's medical commission - ©  DFB

"On-field transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic) in football is very low. Sources of infections in football players are most likely not related to activities on the pitch," according to a study published by the British Journal of Sports Medicine and cited by the German Football Association (DFB) on...

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Tim Meyer, co-author of the study and chairman of the DFB's medical commission - ©  DFB

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