Scotland Women's player released from hospital after coronavirus scare
The SRU announced yesterday that the player no longer needs to self-isolate, nor do the seven members of the Scotland playing and management staff who had been taking precautions.
Scotland's Women's Six Nations game, which was due to take place in Legnano near Milan, which is the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, was postponed.
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Hide AdAfter the player was tested positive so too was subsequent planned fixtures at home to France and away to Wales. Scotland Women lost 18-14 to Ireland in Dublin on the opening weekend and 53-0 to England at Scotstoun before the championship was brought to a halt.
The SRU, meanwhile, has announced a new £500,000 "Club Hardship Fund (CHF)" which will offer financial assistance to grassroots clubs facing cashflow and immediate financial challenges through the impact of the virus outbreak.
A statement from the union said: "Designed to help clubs through the period of uncertainty created by the Coronavirus outbreak, the CHF would release funds to support identified financial issues caused by a lack of fixtures or pressures on other revenue streams. With a lack of fixtures and reduction on public gatherings clubs may struggle for cash-flow and Scottish Rugby wishes to help and support them."
SRU chief executive Mark Dodson said: “These are unprecedented times and we are acutely aware of the significant day to day financial challenges our member clubs will face in the coming weeks if fixtures cannot be resumed in the mid to long term and other planned fund-raising initiatives are curtailed."