Hawthorn subordinate Finn Maginness has tested affirmative for COVID-19, the AFL nine announced today.
The 20-year-old volition spell consecutive into quarantine. All Hawks players and unit are either doubled vaxxed oregon are owed to person their 2nd vaccination successful the coming days, the nine said.
Maginness reportedly trained connected Monday but past yesterday greeting began to amusement symptoms, which is erstwhile helium returned the affirmative test.
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"I privation to commend Finn for his diligence successful getting a trial astatine the archetypal motion of symptoms, informing our nine doc and protecting his teammates and our staff. As a nine we are taking each precaution to guarantee the wellness and wellbeing of our unit and the broader assemblage is maintained," Hawks CEO Justin Reeves said.
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"Appropriate wellbeing supports person been enactment successful spot to enactment Finn and those who are isolating arsenic a effect of this case.
"Every unit subordinate and subordinate that needs to beryllium tested is being tested and the wide processes the nine and AFL person successful spot has ensured that those who request to isolate are isolating.
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"Football clubs are nary antithetic to remainder of the community, and these kinds of situations will proceed to hap arsenic our assemblage continues to unfastened up. This highlights the value of being vaccinated and getting tested arsenic soon arsenic you person immoderate symptoms."
The AFL has mandated vaccines for each players and unit progressive successful the competition.
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