3 Chinese women footballers including Wang Shuang given all-clear after team return

Beijing: Former Paris Saint-Germain forward Wang Shuang and two other Chinese women’s national team members have tested negative for COVID-19 upon returning to the team’s training base from Wuhan, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) said on Friday.

After the 76-day lockdown in Wuhan was lifted on Wednesday, Wang, Yao Wei and Lyu Yueyun left the city for Suzhou, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, where the national team is currently training, and underwent COVID-19 tests on Thursday.

“The football players received their negative test results on Friday morning. They are currently in good physical condition,” read a CFA statement. “As the players are confirmed healthy, Wang can start regular training from now on, while Yao and Lyu will stay in medical quarantine for another seven days,” added the statement, saying that the players are following local epidemic control regulations.

The different quarantine requirements for the three football players is determined by China’s smartphone-based health code service, which give users color-coded designations based on their health status and travel history, and a QR code that can be scanned by authorities.

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