Pjanic breaks silence after positive COVID-19 diagnosis

Miralem Pjanic assures he is in good health after contracting coronavirus as he reflects on what the deadly disease scare has taught him.

On Sunday, FC Barcelona confirmed that their new recruit Miralem Pjanic had been tested positive for COVID-19.

The Bosnia & Herzegovina international was due to participate in the pre-season training from next week but will now have to wait a little longer before reporting for duty in his new team.

He is currently in self-isolating at home and will continue to do so for 15 days before flying to Spain and meeting his new teammates.

The 30-year old midfielder recently provided an update on his health via social media. In an Instagram post addressed to his 5.4 million followers, he assured that he has not shown any symptoms of the disease so far.

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Quiero tranquilizar a todos los que se preocupan por mi, estoy bien y por suerte soy asintomático. Lo que nos ensañan estos días es que no podemos dar nada por sentado. Estamos tranquilos y respetemos las reglas 🙏 Nos vemos pronto 💙❤️ . Fortunatamente sto bene e sono asintomatico. Ma se c’è una cosa che ho imparato è che non bisogna mai dare niente per scontato, neanche le cose che consideriamo più abitudinarie. La vita che stiamo vivendo ora ce lo sta insegnando. Rispettiamo le regole e facciamo attenzione senza farci prendere dal panico 🙏

A post shared by Miralem Pjanić (@miralem_pjanic) on Aug 23, 2020 at 12:27pm PDT

Pjanic wrote: “Fortunately, I’m fine and asymptomatic.

“But if there is one thing I have learned, it is that we should never take anything for granted, not even the things that we consider the most routine. The life we are living now is teaching us that.

“Let’s respect the rules and be careful without letting ourselves get into a panic.”