Was any sportsman infected with coronavirus in Azerbaijan - OFFICIAL

"Our agency's specimen collection staff includes doctors and persons working in other fields. None of them is directly fighting the pandemic," CEO at Azerbaijan National Anti-Doping Agency (AMADA) Shafag Huseynli told Report.

According to her, no sportsman was infected with Azerbaijan: 'We have information about sportsmen around the world, who were infected with this virus. However, no such a case was found in Azerbaijan.'

The CEO noted that the doping-tests were conducted in the country until the movement was restricted: 'The quarantine regime was applied in different stages. Obeying previous features of this regime and special rules by the World Anti-Doping Agency during the pandemic, the doping-tests were conducted until the movement was restricted in the country.'

Huseynli said that it is impossible to collect a specimen from a sportsman infected with the coronavirus: 'According to the requirement of the World Anti-Doping Agency, if any sportsman is infected with coronavirus after doping-test, the members of specimen collection staff, who contacted with that sportsman, are identified, and relevant measures are taken, then the code of specimen of that sportsman are sent to the laboratory. No such a case has been found so far.'

Earlier, Azerbaijani referee Isa Mammadov, who managed the amateur league in Turkey, tested positive for coronavirus.