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Mohamed Salah Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Mohamed Salah has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Egypt soccer federation announced on Friday, adding to Liverpool's personnel woes.

Salah, who is on international duty to help Egypt qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, is said to be asymptomatic but is out for the Pharaohs' match vs. Togo on Saturday and beyond. He'll be subject to follow-up tests and self-isolation. No other players on Egypt's team tested positive, the federation said. Salah had recently attended his brother's wedding in Cairo, though there's no definitive word that that's where he contracted the virus.