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The two players were placed in quarantine and it was not
immediately clear whether the U.S. would be cleared to compete
in their next preliminary game against Sweden on Wednesday.
"We're extremely disappointed, especially for our players,"
junior national team General Manager John Vanbiesbrouck said in
a statement. "We're operating an ever-changing landscape and
that's very challenging.
"We've followed the tournament protocol from the outset and will
continue to do everything we can to ensure our players have the
opportunity to compete at the World Junior Championship."
The forfeit will be counted as a 1-0 victory for Switzerland.
The IIHF last week called off its women's under-18 world
championship for a second straight year, along with all of its
other January tournaments, citing concern over the coronavirus
pandemic but moved forward with the men's juniors.
The move prompted outrage among prominent women's sport figures
including Olympic gold medallist Kendall Coyne Schofield and
tennis legend Billie Jean King.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Christian
Radnedge)
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