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Suarez to miss Brazil clash after contracting COVID
Uruguay's Luis Suarez has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss the World Cup qualifier against Brazil on Wednesday (AEDT), Uruguay's football association confirmed.
"Tests have been carried out on all the members of the national team, with the result that the players Luis Suarez (and) Rodrigo Munoz and the official, Matias Faral, have tested positive for Covid-19," the federation said in a statement.
All three are "in good health", the federation confirmed. They join defender Matias Vina, who tested positive on Sunday (AEDT) after Uruguay's 3-0 win over Colombia in Barranquilla.
Uruguay host Brazil in Montevideo on Tuesday.
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