[kropotkin thinks...] - Dorna Confirms Positive Case Of Coronavirus Among TV Staff

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The MotoGP paddock has its first confirmed case of COVID-19. A cameraman, employed by Dorna but assigned to work with the French broadcaster Canal+ tested positive for the disease during a routine test taken during the Brno round of MotoGP, in preparation for the Austrian race at Spielberg next weekend. Fortunately, the cameraman has no symptoms of the disease at the moment.

Because of the protocol put in place to limit the risk of COVID-19, the cameraman was immediately isolated, along with the rest of the Canal+ TV crew on site. Each TV broadcaster is treated as a bubble, in the same way as teams are treated as bubbles, and the local health authorities imposed isolation on the Canal+ group. As a precaution, Dorna ordered extra tests for others the cameraman had been in contact with.