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Ryder Cup star Edoardo Molinari given all-clear after two golfers forced into quarantine over coronavirus fears

, Ryder Cup star Edoardo Molinari given all-clear after two golfers forced into quarantine over coronavirus fears

RYDER CUP star Edoardo Molinari and fellow Italian golfer Lorenzo Gagli have been given the all-clear after they were rushed into isolation amid coronavirus fears.

Both players were forced to withdraw from this week’s Oman Open on the European Tour after Gagli exhibited symptoms of the disease.

Gagli, left, and Molinari, right, have been placed in quarantine amid coronavirus fears

Edoardo – who is the brother of former Open champion and fellow Ryder Cup hero Francesco – had been sharing a room with Gagli in the Middle East.

Both players – who were part of the victorious European team which beat the US 14.5-13.5 at Celtic Manor in 2010 – were rushed into quarantine as a precaution, after Gagli admitted he had a “a cold.”

But they were quickly given the all-clear, with a statement from the European Tour revealing they would be reinstated at the tournament in Oman.

The statement read: On Wednesday, Lorenzo Gagli and Edoardo Molinari withdrew from the Oman Open on medical grounds.

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Gagli exhibited flu-like symptoms and was assessed by the tournaments on-site medical team.

In consultation with the Omani Ministry of Health, and in line with current World Health Organisation guidelines, he was subsequently tested for coronavirus (Covid-19) and immediately entered self-isolation as a precaution.

Gagli had been sharing a hotel room with Molinari, who showed no signs of illness, but as a further precaution he also entered self-isolation in a separate room.

On Thursday morning, the Omani Ministry of Health reported that Gaglis test results were negative.

Due to these exceptional circumstances, both Lorenzo and Edoardo will now be reinstated into the Oman Open as an addition to the field, meaning the field size will now be 146.

“They will tee off together at 1.30pm local time.

European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley went on to say: This is a difficult global situation, one during which we will continue to follow all guidance given to us on preventive measures, and all decisions will continue to be made in the interests of overall public health.

We will also continue to work closely with our own health experts and local authorities to ensure we have the latest medical and travel advice for all our tournaments, because the well-being of our players, staff and spectators remains the European Tours absolute priority.

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, Ryder Cup star Edoardo Molinari given all-clear after two golfers forced into quarantine over coronavirus fears
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Earlier on Thursday, Molinari took to Twitter to reveal his frustration at the “nightmare”, saying: For everyone asking, I am absolutely fine.

“No symptoms at all, no fever, no cold, nothing wrong at all… just very bored and annoyed. Hopefully this nightmare will be over soon!

On Wednesday night, Gagli revealed he was furious with the decision given he has already socialised with lots of other people.

He told Italian newspaper La Nazione: “It’s an inexplicable decision.

“Only us two have been excluded from the tournament, but I arrived in Muscat last Sunday and over the last few days Ive worked out in the gym with dozens of other players. I ate with them and travelled by bus with them.

“If there was a risk of contagion, then they would have to isolate dozens of golfers and cancel the tournament.”

In an email to the Associated Press, a European Tour spokesman said the pair had pulled out of the event on “medical grounds”.

It was reported that that nothing more could be added due to patient confidentiality.

Gagli, 34, is from Florence and ranked No407 in the world while Molinari played in the 2010 Ryder Cup with his brother.

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Gagli added that he was checked out by a European Tour doctor on Tuesday because he could not get a yellow fever vaccine ahead of going to New Delhi to play in the Hero Indian Open next month.

He added: “I told her that I had had a fever until last Friday and she told me to wait two more days before getting the vaccine.

“I went to train like normal and then this morning I was told of the decision to put me in isolation.”

Gagli says he was told the decision to stay isolated came from the Oman health ministry.

Italy has reported 447 cases of the coronavirus, the most of any country outside Asia, and 12 people have died there.

Ireland and Italy’s Six Nations in Dublin clash has been called off as a result.

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