A woman wearing a protective face mask arrives at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid as Real Madrid players went into quarantine due to the coronavirus outbreak, on March 12, 2020. (GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)

Spain’s La Liga says it is suspending competition following the announcement of Real Madrid’s quarantine earlier this morning and possible cornavirus cases in other teams.

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“La Liga believes that the circumstances are now right to move to the next phase of the action protocol against Covid-19”, the organization said in a statement Thursday morning.