Premier League player, Adrian Mariappa has been identified as the Watford member that has contracted the deadly coronavirus.
Mariappa, 33, was among the six positive results to come back from the first wave of Premier League testing this week.
In the premier league, Two other members of Watford staff and Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan also tested positive for coronavirus.
Mariappa who resides with his partner and three of his four children, has spent lockdown spending his time between following his Watford fitness programme and homeschooling the kids.
Reacting to testing positive to covid-19, Mariappa revealed his shock at being told he was the Watford player who had tested positive for coronavirus, even though not displaying any symptoms or breaking social distancing rules.
In a recent exclusively interview with Telegraph Sport, Mariappa said: “Ever since I got my positive result back on Tuesday, I’ve been scratching my head to try to work out how I might have got coronavirus.
“It was a big surprise because I haven’t really left the house, apart from some exercise and the odd walk with the kids. I’ve mainly just been homeschooling and keeping fit….”
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