Spain’s national team will be vaccinated on Wednesday after captain Sergio Busquets tested positive for Covid-19 at Euro 2020

Spain’s preparations for Euro 2020 have been thrown into chaos after captain Sergio Busquets confirmed a positive result for Covid-19. The rest of the 24-man team was placed in isolation less than a week before the tournament opened.

Following Busquets’ Covid-19 positive test, Spanish Sports Minister Jose Manuel Rodriguez has said the entire squad will get a vaccine shot on Wednesday. So far, all the other players and staff have tested negative.

An Under-21 side led by their coach Luis de la Fuente will face Lithuania on Tuesday in what was supposed to be the nation’s final warm-up game before the Euros.

Coach Luis Enrique called up a group of six players, including Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, to complement the squad. They will train separately in a “parallel bubble” away from the main Euros squad with a view to them being added should the need occur.

So far, all the other players and staff have tested negative.

“We are making an exception because they represent us in a top-level competition,” Rodriguez Uribes told Cadena Ser radio station, adding that they were already planning to give them the shots before Spain’s captain had tested positive.

Unlike other countries which have opened up vaccines to all adults, Spain is gradually working its way through age groups and is now focusing on people aged 50-59, with some regions making a start on 40-49 year olds. More than 23% of Spanish population are already fully vaccinated.

Rodriguez Uribes said which vaccine the football players would get has not been decided yet, so it is not clear when they would have immunization.

Spain are due to play Sweden in their Group E opener on Monday. (With Reuters Inputs).