Coronavirus: Ronan Curtis' sympathy for Portsmouth team-mates now in self-isolation following positive tests

On Saturday, the Blues revealed four of the squad had contracted Covid-19, leaving the Fratton Park club in lockdown.

Curtis was also tested for the virus but his results came back negative.

Yet Andy Cannon, James Bolton, Sean Raggett and Haji Mnoga were not as fortunate.

All four players are currently self-isolating – a situation Curtis said is a ‘nightmare’.

‘The whole world is freaking out about this, which shows you how dangerous it is,’ said the Republic of Ireland international.

‘Shops are closed, restaurants are closed and everything is in lockdown. It’s so dangerous and people are dying every day. It’s a really bad situation. It’s mental. It’s a nightmare.

‘We obviously got the results back and there are four players who have caught the coronavirus. It’s not nice. We can’t go and train or keep fit.

‘We’ve got to stay away from each other and do our own little bits in the house or go for a jog on the roads or whatever. It’s hard but I’m sure we will get used to it.

‘I got tested last Monday and got the all-clear when we got the results back on Friday.

‘Some of the lads caught it. Most of us didn’t but we still can’t obviously go into training.

‘We’ve just got to wait, self-isolate for 14 days, and hopefully we’ll be alright to go back in after that.’

Curtis rooms with Cannon on away trips.

And with the 24-year-old stuck in self-isolation at his Waterlooville home, the ex-Derry City wide man said his mum Marie was stepping up to provide some much-needed support.

‘Mum’s looking after everyone and cooking food,’ said Curtis.

‘She’s looking after Andy as well because he’s obviously at home and he’s sick.

‘He has to stay in and self-isolate for 14 days now so we took him up some food yesterday (Saturday) and lemons and headache tablets and stuff.

‘Hopefully we can help as many people as we can by staying in and self-isolating and hopefully anyone who has it gets well soon.’