SA Football Association (Safa) chief medical officer Dr Thulani Ngwenya says the architects of the joint Safa-Premier Soccer League (PSL) plan are delighted that only a few positive tests have been coming back from clubs in anticipation of the teams' return to training.
The plan formulated by a task team of the joint liaison committee between Safa and the PSL for a return to training has been approved by the Department of Sport‚ as the clubs await the green light from the league.
"The document talks about each team having to appoint compliance officers over and above each having a consulting doctor‚" Ngwenya‚ also the Bafana Bafana team doctor‚ told an online press conference of the SA Football Journalists Association . "But then what does it mean if people test positive? It simply means that the ones who tested negative can start."And the staggered approach is that in the first week they train as individuals‚ perhaps the second week departmental [small group] training‚ and then the third week the full compliment."We are actually thrilled that we have seen cases who have tested positive‚ and we were expecting that. No-one is immune to the virus‚ even if you are physically active.
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