Russian Premier League: Four Lokomotiv Moscow players test positive for COVID-19

Four players of Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The four - Dmitry Barinov, Anton Kochenkov, Timur Suleimanov and Roman Tugarev - are currently not experiencing any symptoms of the virus, which causes the COVID-19 acute respiratory illness, and are in self-isolation, the club said.

The players' diagnosis comes after Jefferson Farfan, a Lokomotiv Moscow forward, tested positive for the virus earlier this month.

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The rest of the club travelled to a training base outside Moscow to prepare for the resumption of the league matches on June 21, the club said. As for Lokomotiv, they are second in Russia's top flight league.

Russia as of Thursday had recorded 379,051 coronavirus cases and 4,142 deaths.