Ana Gros and the players from Brest could have contracted the Covid-19 after a party organized on their return from Budapest, where they had lost in the final of the Champions League. – Tibor Illyes / AP / SIPA
It was a historic result. Vice-champions of Europe, the handball players of Brest Bretagne Handball had celebrated this Champions League final on their return to Finistère. According to
information from France Bleu Breizh Izel, this private party organized in the company of the president of the club could be at the origin of an outbreak of Covid-19 contamination. Eleven positive cases have reportedly been identified within the club and around sixty contact cases are currently in isolation.
Contacted by local radio, the Regional Health Agency evokes “a worrying focus” in Finistère, without confirming that it is the women’s handball club. France Bleu also mentions the presence of the Brazilian and South African variant among the patients.
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Many of you came to celebrate the return of the Rebels! for your unwavering support throughout this season, despite this very special season! 🖤🤍#impossiblenestpasbbh pic.twitter.com/xLFRRIdftg
– Official BBH (@BBH_Officiel) June 1, 2021
This contamination would have taken place on May 31 in Finistère, on the return of the Champions League played in Budapest, Hungary. A competition during which the French players have evolved in a health bubble. Winners of the Coupe de France and crowned champions of France in May, the Rebels ended their season with this defeat in the final against Kristiansand. In the semifinals, they had achieved the feat of beating the Hungarians of Györ, triple title holders. Never has a French women’s team reached this stage of the competition. Since that date, most of the participants in this party have been placed in solitary confinement.