10 Pakistan Cricket Players tested COVID19 Positive Ahead of England Tour!
The Pakistani Cricket Board (PCB) has informed on Monday that three Pakistan cricket players tested positive for COVID19. However, a day after the first announcement, on Tuesday, the PCB announced that seven more players who were due to visit England in August tested COVID19 Positive. Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, […] The post 10 Pakistan Cricket Players tested COVID19 Positive Ahead of England Tour! appeared first on Nation Bytes.
The Pakistani Cricket Board (PCB) has informed on Monday that three Pakistan cricket players tested positive for COVID19. However, a day after the first announcement, on Tuesday, the PCB announced that seven more players who were due to visit England in August tested COVID19 Positive.
Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain and Kashif Bhatti were all diagnosed with the virus.
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It comes after three teammates — Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf and Haider Ali — tested positive on Monday. A player support personnel, masseur Malang Ali, was also confirmed to have the virus.
Noticeably, Pakistani Cricket team is scheduled to visit England in August to play three Tests and three Twenty20 internationals against England. However, chairman PCB says that this will affect England tour.
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“As regards the players who have tested positive, we will continue to monitor and support them, including conducting antibody tests, and as soon as they test negative, they will be flown to join the squad in England. At the moment, they have been advised to go into self-isolation so that they not only recover quickly but also prevent their other family members from being infected,” Chairman PCB
“Fortunately, all the first-choice red-ball squad, barring Mohammad Rizwan, are negative, which means they can start training and practising immediately after they have been tested and given the all-clear when they arrive in England,” he added.
“In the meantime, Misbah-ul-Haq is reviewing the training schedule in England and is firming up plans for reserve players to be tested as a backup.”
However, PCB chairman Wasim Khan urges people to follow SOPs set by the provincial and federal government and practice social distancing.
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The recent positive tests of some of the fittest athletes, who had not shown any symptoms, clearly reflect the danger this virus possesses,” Khan said in a press statement. “As such, and on behalf of the PCB, I once again request the public to strictly adhere to all safety precautions as advised and recommended by the federal and provincial governments to ensure their health and safety as well as of their dear and near ones.
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