Barca stars get COVID all-clear ahead of Athletic clash
Barcelona was boosted on Wednesday (AEDT) as Ronald Koeman's squad received the COVID-19 all-clear in the wake of two members of staff testing positive.
A morning training session was called off as players underwent tests to determine whether the virus may have spread among the group.
But there were no positives detected and that meant Koeman's charges could train in the evening, ahead of playing Thursday's (AEDT) match against Athletic Bilbao.
A club statement read: "In accordance with LaLiga protocol, the FC Barcelona first-team squad undertook PCR tests on Tuesday morning. All tests came back negative."
The Camp Nou giant said on Tuesday that two members of the first-team staff had returned positives for coronavirus, and sports and health authorities were informed about those results.
Koeman's team sit fifth in LaLiga ahead of their trip to the Basque Country to play Athletic, who are ninth.
Barcelona, which is 10 points off the top of LaLiga, has won the previous two matches on its travels after going four away league games without a win.
