Tretiak: the task of the FHR is to minimize cases of coronavirus in the Russian team

MOSCOW, January 18, Semyon Galkevich. The task of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) is to minimize cases of coronavirus and avoid unpleasant surprises ahead of the Beijing Olympics, said FHR President Vladislav Tretiak. Earlier it became known that the head coach of the national team Alexei Zhamnov was diagnosed with COVID-19. The specialist is at home, he will miss the start of the team's training camp in preparation for the Olympics. Also, a number of hockey players did not arrive at the training camp of the Russian team in Novogorsk for medical reasons, including Andrey Kuzmenko, Kirill Marchenko, Alexander Samonov (all SKA), Shakir Mukhamadullin (Salavat Yulaev) and Vladimir Tkachev (Tractor). The Olympic Games in Beijing will be held February 4-20. «At the moment, after taking tests for COVID-19, players and staff of the national team with fully confirmed negative tests call in Novogorsk. Players, representatives of the coaching staff and staff whose test results require additional verification, remain in temporary quarantine. It should be noted that almost all of them do not have any symptoms of SARS, or the symptoms are mild. All of them are currently isolated, do not contact anyone and are undergoing additional monitoring, «the press service of the FHR quoted Tretyak as saying. .