SANTIAGO, June 1 (Reuters) - Chile and Inter Milan midfielder Arturo Vidal is recovering in hospital after contracting COVID-19, the Chilean national team announced on Tuesday. A statement said that the 34-year-old tested positive for the virus after initially being hospitalised with severe tonsilitis. “The medical team of the Chilean national team emphasises that at the request of the player Arturo Vidal, it is announced that he has been diagnosed positive for Covid,” a statement on the Chile national team website said. “And I ask you, please, whoever can be vaccinated to do so!”The 119-time Chile international is certain to miss his country’s FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Argentina on Friday. Chile then face Bolivia in another qualifier on June 9 before kicking off their Copa America campaign with another match against Argentina on June 13.

Source: Egypt Today June 01, 2021 09:11 UTC