Italian Serie A teams can return to full team training from May 18

Italian Serie A teams will be allowed to return to full team training from 18th May amid the global coronavirus pandemic. The government said its technical-scientific committee had conducted a close examination of the protocol which the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) plans to implement to ensure training can be conducted safely. The FIGC has said that, for the start of team training, each club should form a group of players, technical staff, doctors, physiotherapists and other staff who have tested negative for the virus and isolate them in a summer-style training camp.

It said all members of the group should be tested for the coronavirus in the 96 hours before the start of the training camp. Serie A teams had returned to individual training programmes carried out under strict protocols from 4th May.