Sampdoria midfielder Fabio Depaoli has announced he's tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the 10th Serie A player diagnosed and the sixth at Sampdoria.

While Sampdoria said in a statement earlier Saturday that it would not announce any more updates about its players "to avoid news leaks and useless alarmism'' since "all the lads are well,'' Depaoli revealed his positive test on social media.

Depaoli writes in Italian on Instagram, "Unfortunately I've tested positive for COVID-19. But...

Amid a global health crisis Italian football clubs and Serie A's governing body are squabbling with each other about when to play games, with yet another game being postponed and Inter Milan chief executive Giuseppe Marotta saying the season even runs the risk of being unable to finish.

Five games scheduled in the top tier of the Italian league this weekend were postponed on Saturday in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak as well as another -- Sampdoria vs. Verona -- scheduled for Monday.

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Inter Milan's clash with Sampdoria is among four Serie A matches scheduled for Sunday in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto which have suspended late Saturday after the deaths of two people infected with the coronavirus from China.

On orders from the government, the other Italian league games called off were: Atalanta vs. Sassuolo, Hellas Verona vs. Cagliari and Torino vs. Parma.

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