UGA Athletics staff member tests positive for coronavirus

A member of the UGA Athletics Department has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Coronavirus has found its way to the UGA Athletics Department.

On Wednesday, UGA sent out a release stating that a member of the athletics department has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The university also mentioned that another member of the staff who had come in contact with the infected individual is under self-quarantine.

Here is the email sent to all faculty and students by the University of Georgia:

A staff member who works in Athletics was confirmed this morning to have tested positive for COVID-19. The individual was last on campus on March 6, 2020. He is being treated in a local hospital.

Another member of the Athletics Department who had contact with the individual is under self-quarantine at home with no symptoms at this time.