Spain players to receive COVID-19 vaccine after two positives

MADRID - Spain's soccer players will receive COVID-19 vaccines, health minister Carolina Darias said on Wednesday, after the team's preparations for Euro 2020 were thrown into disarray by Sergio Busquets and Diego Llorente testing positive for the virus.

Darias told a news conference the players would be vaccinated by the army, as was the case with Spanish athletes heading to the Olympic Games in Tokyo next month, describing the move as a "very important and necessary decision". Following captain Busquets' positive test at the weekend, Spain's players have been in isolation and only able to train on an individual basis - with their first game just three days later.