{"id":12088,"date":"2020-07-31T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=12088"},"modified":"2020-07-31T18:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T18:25:16","slug":"coronavirus-cameroon-star-bassogog-hospitalised-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/coronavirus-cameroon-star-bassogog-hospitalised-in-china","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Cameroon Star Bassogog hospitalised in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Christian Bassogog, who starred in Cameroon&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations triumph in 2017, became the second confirmed coronavirus case in the Chinese Super League on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old forward, who plays for Henan Jianye, is asymptomatic but is in hospital in Guangzhou, health authorities in the southern city said.<\/p>\n<p>There is no health threat to the CSL, which started on July 25, because Bassogog has been in quarantine since arriving in China from Cameroon in mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>Former Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini was previously the only confirmed coronavirus case in China&#8217;s top football league.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Belgian spent three weeks in a Chinese hospital before being released in mid-April.<\/p>\n<p>He was not seriously ill and bounced back to score a seven-minute hat-trick of headers in Shandong Luneng&#8217;s season-opener on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Bassogog, who was named best player at the 2017 Cup of Nations, was tested upon arrival on July 15 and was negative for coronavirus, Guangzhou health authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>However, during quarantine he was retested and twice returned a positive result.<\/p>\n<p>Henan, beaten 4-3 by Jiangsu Suning in their first match of the virus-delayed season, wrote on the Twitter-like Weibo: &#8220;The tougher (the situation is) the farther you go!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Come on Bassogog! 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