A Lions player is one of four people affiliated to the union who have returned positive tests for the coronavirus.
According to a report in the Rapport newspaper, the player, a member of the management team and other two staff members have contracted the virus and are all in self-isolation.
The quartet did not come into contact with the rest of the team.
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‘None of the people who tested positive for the coronavirus are acutely ill. They are either asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms,’ Lions team doctor Rob Collins told Rapport in a statement.
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