<p>Argentina's preparations for the 2020 Rugby Championship have been thrown into disarray by six players testing positive for coronavirus in recent days.</p>.<p>Back row Javier Ortega Desio was the first player called up to a pre-tournament training camp to test positive on Sunday.</p>.<p>And on Tuesday night the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) revealed five more players tested this week had also returned positive results.</p>.<p>Back row Tomas Lezana, backs Santiago Carreras and Santiago Chocobares, and front row pair Jose Luis Gonzalez and Federico Wegrzyn will now join Ortega Desio in quarantine for two weeks.</p>.<p>Those last five players are "asymptomatic", the UAR said in a statement.</p>.<p>"They were isolated and will stay that way for two weeks, with specialist monitoring and the support of the UAR medical area."</p>.<p>All 44 players involved in the training camp were tested on Monday and Tuesday.</p>.<p>The positives come just two weeks since the Argentine government authorized the Pumas to resume training ahead of the Rugby Championship, which begins on November 7 and will be played entirely in New Zealand.</p>.<p>All the players had fulfilled health ministry protocols surrounding training sessions.</p>.<p>Ortega Desio was unable to join in as he was already displaying symptoms prior to his positive test.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, Argentina registered a daily record of 8,700 new coronavirus cases taking its total over 360,000. Of those, 7,500 have died.</p>.<p>Argentina are due to take on New Zealand, Australia and world champions South Africa in the annual southern hemisphere international tournament between November 7 and December 12.</p>
<p>Argentina's preparations for the 2020 Rugby Championship have been thrown into disarray by six players testing positive for coronavirus in recent days.</p>.<p>Back row Javier Ortega Desio was the first player called up to a pre-tournament training camp to test positive on Sunday.</p>.<p>And on Tuesday night the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) revealed five more players tested this week had also returned positive results.</p>.<p>Back row Tomas Lezana, backs Santiago Carreras and Santiago Chocobares, and front row pair Jose Luis Gonzalez and Federico Wegrzyn will now join Ortega Desio in quarantine for two weeks.</p>.<p>Those last five players are "asymptomatic", the UAR said in a statement.</p>.<p>"They were isolated and will stay that way for two weeks, with specialist monitoring and the support of the UAR medical area."</p>.<p>All 44 players involved in the training camp were tested on Monday and Tuesday.</p>.<p>The positives come just two weeks since the Argentine government authorized the Pumas to resume training ahead of the Rugby Championship, which begins on November 7 and will be played entirely in New Zealand.</p>.<p>All the players had fulfilled health ministry protocols surrounding training sessions.</p>.<p>Ortega Desio was unable to join in as he was already displaying symptoms prior to his positive test.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, Argentina registered a daily record of 8,700 new coronavirus cases taking its total over 360,000. Of those, 7,500 have died.</p>.<p>Argentina are due to take on New Zealand, Australia and world champions South Africa in the annual southern hemisphere international tournament between November 7 and December 12.</p>