Pepe Reina has claimed “England can’t just close their eyes and look the other way” as he revealed he will back in training with Aston Villa on Monday.
Reina's homeland Spain has joined Italy in banning people from leaving home except for work or buying essential supplies and medicines.
And the former Liverpool goalkeeper, who is on loan from Milan, said he has been shocked by the lack of action in his adopted country.
“In England, they told us to be prudent and try to stay at home as much as possible, but we’ve just got the weekend off and have been called in to train on Monday,” Reina told Marca.
“Only those clubs who had positive tests, like Chelsea or Arsenal , are in quarantine, but we are training as normal. It’d be madness to continue playing, as we all have to take this situation seriously.
“The other countries have already made radical decisions and we have to do the same. England can’t just close their eyes and look the other way. Life and health are more important than football.”
Meanwhile, Wayne Rooney has criticised England's football authorities over how long they took to suspend matches in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak, saying it felt like players were being treated like "guinea pigs".
The Premier League, English Football League, Women's Super League and men and women's FA Cup competitions were suspended on Friday following an emergency meeting sparked by Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta testing positive for the virus a day earlier.
"Why did we wait until Friday? Why did it take Mikel Arteta to get ill for the game in England to do the right thing?" the former England and Manchester United captain wrote in a column for the Times.
"For players, staff and their families it has been a worrying week - one in which you felt a lack of leadership from the government and from the FA and Premier League.
"After the emergency meeting, at last the right decision was made. Until then it almost felt like footballers in England were being treated like guinea pigs."
