- The staff's spouse was confirmed as a positive case on Sunday after returning from overseas trip on March 18
- All Kitchee first team members and training centre staff tested with results due on Wednesday
Premier League club Kitchee are facing a second Covid-19 case after a staff member tested positive in preliminary screening on Monday.
This came after the staff's spouse was confirmed over the weekend to be infected. A statement from the club on Tuesday morning said the staff member, believed to be one of their coaches, took an emergency test on Monday and the result was positive.
"The staff took the Covid-19 test on March 30 and was diagnosed as preliminary positive," the statement said. "According to instructions from the Department of Health, he is required to be self-quarantined at home before being admitted to hospital."
Kitchee's Shek Mun centre locked down after staff's spouse tests positive for coronavirus
After the staff's wife was confirmed on Sunday, all first team members and staff from the Jockey Club Kitchee Centre had to visit physicians and were given test kits on the virus. They are in quarantine at home, with the results expected on Wednesday.
The club first revealed that a staff's spouse returned from overseas on March 18 and he failed to report it to the club, or put himself in quarantine at home as required by club rules.
She became a Covid-19 confirmed case on Sunday. The Kitchee training centre in Shek Mun was completely locked down for deep cleansing and disinfection on Monday.
The Hong Kong Premier League is under suspension after the government last week closed all facilities because of a resurgence in infections.
Third-placed Kitchee still have eight league games left in the season.
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