The Indian men's hockey team’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games 2022 were on Thursday hit by a COVID-19 outbreak as five people, including striker Gurjant Singh and head coach Graham Reid, have tested positive for the virus. (More Hockey News)
The RT-PCR tests were conducted on Wednesday morning. The infected, who are suffe෴ring from mild symptoms, have been placed under isolation.
“Two players and three members of the Support Staff of the Indian Men's Hockey team, currently preparing for the Commonwealth Games 2022 have tested positive for Covid-19,” Hockey India said in the media release witho🔜ut naming an꧒yone.
However, a team source told PTI, said, “Gurjant and Graham Reid have contracted t🎐he infection. Ashok Kumar Chinnaswamy, the video analyst of the side has also tested positive.” Besides Gurjant, the other player to have tested positive is midfielder Ashis Kumar Topno.
PR Sreejesh, Manpreet Singh, Pawan, Lalit Kumar Upadhꦚyay, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar and Amit Rohidas are among the 31 players training in the camp being held at the SAI campusꦛ in Bengaluru.
The players had assembled for the camp after competing at the FIH Hockey Pro League double-headers🐟 against Belgium and the Netherlands. The camp is set to conclude on July 23 ahead of the team's departure for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
India has recorded 18,819 new coronavir💞us cases in the last 24 hours. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the active cases in the country are now 104,555 today and the death count stands at 5,25,116 with 39 new ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚCovid fatalities added to the tally.
