Women's Higher League: tests for COVID-19, first trainings and Yednist refusal to resume

19.05.2020 17:29

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On May 11, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine announced the first stage of easing quarantine measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, after which the players of the women's major league teams began to return to the location of their clubs. 

The first tests for COVID-19 in accordance with the sanitary-epidemiological and medical recommendations of the UAF were passed by the players and the coaching staff of FC Voskhod (Stara Mayachka, Kherson region), after which the team returned to the training process in full. 

These days, in order to return to a full-fledged training process soon, PCR testing at the Kharkiv Clinic On Clinic is underway by the coaching staff, football players and employees of FC Zhytlobud-1. (Kharkiv), who are closely connected in working with the team. 

"Zhytlobud-2" (Kharkiv), "Yatran" (Berestivets), "Mariupol" (Mariupol) and "Pantery" (Uman) are currently working on passing tests to implement a medical protocol to restore training and playing process. 

The teams "Family" (Kostopil), "EMS-Podillya" (Vinnytsia) and "Ladomyr" (Volodymyr-Volynskyi) reported that they are currently unable to resume the training process and are waiting for further quarantine easing in Ukraine. 

Well and, unfortunately, it is compelled to note that from FC "Unity-SHVSM" (Plysky) the letter with information that club stops participation in the championship of Ukraine arrived. 

The possible date of the championship's resumption is considered on June 7, 2020, reports the Ukrainian Association of Women's Football reports..