Nova Uniao’s head coach Andre Pederneiras was not able to escape the coronavirus pandemic that started to hit Brazil hard in the past weeks. In an interview with Combate, the 53-year-old former fighter confirmed he was tested and the results came back positive for COVID-19 - but he hasn’t suffer many harsh symptoms, fortunately.
Although Pederneiras did suffer night shivers for two days, Andre says his 15-day period with under the weather was mild, claiming he was mostly scared for his wife and kids. Since he turned his arena into a temporary hospital in order to treat patients in Rio de Janeiro and runs an ongoing campaign to feed the poor, the coach felt like he might have gotten the disease while out to facilitate those projects.