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Even competitive athletes have to take the coronavirus seriously. New guidelines should help to minimize risks. A comment.

© Photo: Imago Janik Möser wants to encourage other professional athletes to take a closer look at corona infections.

The case is a warning. Ice hockey player Janik Möser from the Grizzlys Wolfsburg has very likely contracted myocarditis through infection with the coronavirus . The serious consequences of the disease in a 25-year-old who was previously a healthy competitive athlete have shocked those responsible. On Wednesday, the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) presented guidelines to better protect players after positive tests for Covid-19.

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On Friday the first cases were reported in Europe with France saying it had identified three cases . Covid-19 is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. McDonald’s announced that it has also suspended its businesses in five affected cities.

The algorithm created by the Wolfsburg team doctor Axel Gänsslen , which is used to assess when a professional athlete can go back to work after being infected with the virus, is not only of great importance for ice hockey. Other sports could and should be based on it.

Recently, the number of cases also increased significantly among professionals - whether in football, handball, basketball or winter sports - as well as among the general population.

Most athletes show hardly any symptoms, which does not mean that a corona infection has no permanent consequences. With the new guidelines, specific recommendations for action are given, including the probable duration of downtime. Even asymptomatic athletes would have to wait 17 to 21 days before they can return to the field, the ice or the hall. Depending on the severity of the course, three to six months of sports leave are also required.

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As with Janik Möser, whose heart muscle inflammation is in the in the worst case scenario, it could trigger sudden cardiac death. It is all the more important that corona infections are taken seriously, even by supposedly well-trained top athletes. The medical profession has a crucial role to play here. Ultimately, it can be of vital importance for players and coaches to trust their doctors unconditionally in times of the pandemic - even if that might mean missing another game.

"Of course we professional athletes are fit, but it can also affect us," says Möser. At first he did not take the coronavirus seriously either . Now he appeals to others to “open their eyes”. We can only hope that as many colleagues as possible will now take a closer look. So that it stays with a warning.