Danish athletes, who have been infected with the coronavirus, should be thoroughly investigated.
It takes Team Denmark, who in a press release, calls on the coronaramte athletes to undergo a medical examination.
that’s because you don’t yet know whether coronavirus can lead to prolonged or permanent damage.
– We would like to invite athletes who have been tested positive for the Covid-19, to turn to us to be thoroughly investigated, said Team Denmark’s doctor, Christopher Brushøj in the message.
– You don’t know yet much about how quickly you can go back to physical training and, specifically, the resume hard training on eliteniveau.
– It is important to know more about the individual atlets performance, and whether it is safe to resume training, he says.
the Athletes must, among other things, have taken blood samples, undergo a as lung function tests and have made a ultralydundersøgelse of the heart.
the Investigation must be conducted before the athlete resumes his usual training, but after that he no longer can infect others.
– from the answers received on the surveys we can best guide the individual athlete in relation to resume training on eliteniveau, says Christoffer Brushøj.
