Yaounde (Cameroon), January 9 (IANS) Senegal's goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and striker Famara Diedhiou have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of their opening match against Zimbabwe on January 10 at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, the country's football federation said on Sunday. Earlier, Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly has tested positive for Covid-19 and all three will be ruled out of Monday's game unless subsequent testing proves they were false positives. Senegal already had three other players and six members of the team management test positive for the virus before the squad departed for Cameroon on Wednesday. Koulibaly's positive test was revealed by his club Napoli on Saturday, who said he was vaccinated and asymptomatic. Mendy's positive test raised concerns for Senegal's star forward Sadio Mane, who flew to Dakar from Britain with Mendy on a chartered jet.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 09, 2022 21:29 UTC