Germany’s Bundesliga is set to be given the green light for a restart, probably from May 15, as part of measures to further ease the country’s coronavirus regulations.

The Bundesliga would then be the first of the five major European domestic soccer leagues to resume play after a stoppage, which has seen almost all football put on hold since mid-March.

German states are set to agree on the restart in a teleconference with Chancellor Angela Merkel scheduled for Wednesday, the sources said. Matches would take place under strict conditions — and with no fans in stadiums.

Germany’s health minister has also backed the Bundesliga’s plan to resume in 10 days’ time. “The (football league’s) basic concept makes sense and could serve as a model for other professional sports. But we have to see how it goes,” Jens Spahn told radio station Deutschlandfunk on Tuesday.

But some concern remained as second-division club Erzgebirge Aue put its entire squad in home isolation on Tuesday after a member of the staff tested positive for the virus. It was the first confirmed case in the German league’s second round of testing.

On Monday, the German Football League (DFL) said that it had registered 10 positive cases in a blanket test of 1,724 players and staff last week at its 36 first and second division clubs.

So far Portugal, Poland and Hungary have given dates for restarting their national leagues, all towards the end of May. Bulgaria’s top soccer clubs are also set to resume training within a few days. The league has been on hold since March 13 as part of countrywide lockdown measures which have begun to be eased. Team training could restart later this week or early next week, the sources said. The Bulgarian Football Union was not immediately available to comment.

Germany’s professional teams have been training since mid-April, divided into small groups and under strict conditions which include extensive testing of all players and coaching staff.

DFL has submitted a health safety plan for games without spectators which includes regular testing of players but no quarantines for entire squads in cases of positive tests.

However, it says that if a player is infected, decisions on the measures to be taken lie with the local health authorities.

But some media reports suggested that talks of a restart had been hampered by the behaviour of players at Hertha Berlin on Monday.

Hertha forward Salomon Kalou posted a video on social media showing him shaking hands with players and interrupting a team-mate’s medical exam. The club suspended the Ivorian, who apologised and said his behaviour did not reflect the club’s instructions to staff.