Jamaica international Leon Bailey is set to miss the start of pre-season training for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, after being faced with self-isolation orders due to possible exposure to the coronavirus.
The 23-year-old winger was among several prominent Jamaican sports stars in attendance at a birthday part for track and field legend Usain Bolt. In short clips of the event posted to various social media outlets none of the athletes seemed to be practicing social distancing or donning masks.
Questions were also raised as to whether several of the players in attendance were not in violation of the two-week mandatory quarantine regulation required for those entering the country. Jamaica has had a recent surge in COVID cases.
On Monday, Bolt tested positive for the coronavirus forcing others at the party to isolate this week. On Thursday Leverkusen announced that the player was stopped from leaving the island by local authorities, who insisted the player observe the quarantine period.
The club is expected to begin testing players for preseason camp on Friday, with players requiring two negative tests before joining up with the squad.
Bailey will now not return to Germany until before their first competitive match of the season in a German Cup clash against minor league club Eintracht Norderstedt on September 13.
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