Five players in Spain's top two divisions test positive for coronavirus

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A researcher analyzes samples collected from COVID-19 patients at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) in Barcelona, Spain, May 4, 2020. (Photo by Francisco Avia/Xinhua)

**Five players from Spanishclubs in the first and second divisions tested positive for COVID-19.

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MADRID, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Spain's La Liga announced Sunday that five players from its top two divisions have been tested positive for COVID-19.

La Liga started testing its players and staff members last week, and these players will remain at their homes before being tested again in the next few days to determine further actions.

A COVID-19 patient poses for photos with medical workers before he is moved out of an ICU ward of a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Francisco Avia/Xinhua)

Players are training individually after La Liga was suspended in early March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

La Liga hopes matches will resume by June behind the closed doors. ■