Showing posts with label Coronavirus#Indian hockey player#Mandeep Singh tests positive#. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coronavirus#Indian hockey player#Mandeep Singh tests positive#. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2020

Indian Hockey Player Mandeep Singh Tests Positive For Covid-19

                                Mandeep Singh

Indian hockey team forward  has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the sixth national player to contract the dreaded infection, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Monday.

The 25-year-old from Jalandhar is asymptomatic and is being treated along with the other five players by doctors in Bengaluru, where the national camp is due to start on August 20 at the SAI centre.

Defender Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak are the other four players, who tested positive.

 According to the SAI doctors, all the players were showing only "mild symptoms" and are doing well. They are housed in the National Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.

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