Five Syrian footballers and a manager were allegedly struck down with coronavirus during a visit to China in December, according to a recently emerged news report.Syria's Olympics' star Mohammed Kamel Kuwayeh told journalist Lotfi Ostwani that five players were taken ill with Type 2 Influenza during the International China Friendly Tournament in Beijing late last year.The player alleged that at least five players and the manager had symptons identical to those of COVID-19, Zaman Al-Wasl reported.It said that the claims cannot be independently verified given the secretive nature of the Chinese and Syrian governments.Beijing was not hit as hard as other parts of China, which started in the city of Wuhan in December and spread from January.Chinese authorities enforced a strict lockdown on Wuhan and surrounding areas which helped prevent a major outbreak of the virus countrywide.