Wuhan Zall back in China - and straight into coronavirus quarantine

Chinese football club Wuhan Zall, whose home city is ground zero of coronavirus pandemic, have landed in China after being stranded in Spain since late January -- and were immediately placed in two weeks' quarantine. Chinese Super League season has been indefinitely postponed because of virus with Wuhan Zall exemplifying clubs' predicaments, enduring weeks of disruption and uncertainty. latest instalment of team's tortuous journey saw homesick squad touch down in sourn city of Shenzhen on Monday afteron.

Wuhan Zall back in China

However, due to strict new Chinese rules and health inspections on arriving passengers, imposed to prevent an influx of imported cases from global contagion, it took more than 12 hours for players to arrive at ir Shenzhen hotel. y w face isolation for a fortnight, according to official Xinhua news ncy, and still do t kw when y will be able to return to ir homes and families. team cant go back to Wuhan -- which is 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from Shenzhen -- because city of 11 million remains sealed off.

"After an unforgettable and arduous journey, team arrived in Shenzhen at 3:00 pm on March 16 and returned to embrace of morland," club said, also referring to "arduous and long process" of getting through immigration and health checks.

Jose Gonzalez's squad are attempting to stay fit in case season gets underway, all while worrying about family stuck in Wuhan, where virus emerged in December.

"After required isolation period in Shenzhen, Wuhan Zall team will resume training," club said.

team was training in Spain when virus first spread outward from China. But Spain itself has w become a viral hotspot, and squad left re at weekend for China, where a massive quarantine effort has reduced infection rates to near-zero. Media reports said Wuhan Zall were stranded in Frankfurt for a time as y attempted to find a flight back to China. "Although thousands of miles away from ir families, hearts of players were always concerned about domestic epidemic," Wuhan Zall said.

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