
MOSCOW, Jan 27 Several handball players and the Rostov-Don coach passed positive tests for coronavirus, according to the official website of the club. The exact number of infected is not called. Other athletes and members of the coaching staff are at high risk due to the current situation. It is noted that due to the current epidemiological situation, the main team of Rostov-Don will not be able to play in the match against CSKA Moscow, which is due on January 27. The Russian Handball Federation decided that the meeting will be held in accordance with the previously approved schedule, despite the request of the Rostovites to postpone the game. The handball players of the Rostov-Don-2 youth team will play in the match under the guidance of coach Alexander Burmistrov. Rostov-Don and CSKA play in Group A of the Russian Championship. The teams take first and second places in the standings, respectively, having scored 22 points in 13 games of the current season.

