Nigeria striker Paul Onuachu has reportedly tested positive to the novel coronavirus.
In a report by Belgian tabloid, Het Laaste Niuews , the 26-year-old tested positive at his club and has since gone into isolation.
Onuachu was the only RC Genk player that tested positive for COVID19 as the club conducted tests in preparation for its first pre-season game.
Ahead of the club exhibition game, all the players were tested, including compatriots Stephen Odey and Cyril Dessers, and they were all negative except the towering striker who will now miss his team’s pre-season friendly tomorrow.
“In the run-up to the first exhibition game of the season, the entire Genk group was tested,” a report on Belgian website hln.be stated. “Everyone tested negative except Onuachu.”
Onuachu will miss Genk’s first exhibition game of the season against Eendracht Termien as he will be quarantined for at least a week.
Onuachu joined Genk from Danish club FC Midtjylland last summer.
He scored 10 goals and recorded two assists for the club in the 2019/2020 season before it was abruptly ended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Onuachu’s debut for the Super Eagles is quite historic; scoring one if not the fastest goal ever for the Nigeria national team.
