Rotherham United chief Paul Warne: Two players are self-isolating amid coronavirus crisis

ROTHERHAM UNITED manager Paul Warne has confirmed that goalkeeper Lewis Price and Freddie Ladapo are currently self-isolating away from the club as a precaution amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Paul Warne.Paul Warne.
Paul Warne.

The pair contacted the club and said they had developed symptoms relating to advice on COVID-19 and have been kept away from the club's training ground.

Warne said: "Lewis Price's brother has got coronavirus and he had spent some time with him. He's got symptoms and is now self-isolating for two weeks.

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"Last Friday, before we got the news that the (League One) game was off, Freddie phoned up and had a fever, which is obviously a sign. So he is self-isolating for a week. So we won't see him for a bit.

"Yesterday (Wednesday), Dan Barlaser got called back from Newcastle as they did not want him to train and wanted him to self-isolate, so that is out of my hands as well.

"There are the only concerns so far."

On the decision to continue training this week, Warne - who says that the players will have next week off and spend the week at home following fitness plans, added: "We have just keep it 'business as usual' wherever we can without taking unnecessary risks.

"We are still trying to keep the risk to a minimum and keep ticking along and help them.

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"We have trained this week, we have done everything on the pitch so the risk was less. The EFL advice with the season not restarting until the end of April is to stop training for the next couple of weeks.

"Next week, the fit lads aren't training, but we will be in with the injured lads and we will be open. And then we will make a decision on the second week. But we don't know which way we are going to go."

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