Hockey player Mandeep Singh tests positive for COVID-19


Hockey player Mandeep Singh tests positive for COVID-19

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Mandeep Singh (Pic Credits: Getty images)

Striker Mandeep Singh is the latest member of the Indian men’s hockey team to test positive for the novel coronavirus.

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“Mandeep Singh, a member of the Indian men’s hockey team, who was given the COVID-19 test (RT PCR) along with 20 other players at the National Camp at SAI’s National Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, has tested COVID-19 positive, but is asymptomatic,” Sports Authority of India (SAI) said in a statement on Monday.

“He is being administered treatment by doctors, along with the other five players who have tested positive,” it added.

Earlier, captain Manpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar, and Krishan Pathak had also been diagnosed with COVID-19, coming at the center for the hockey national camp which commenced on August 4.

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All the five tested players were doing fine – Graham Reid

Coach Graham Reid (Pic Credits: Getty images)

Coach Graham Reid had said that all the five tested players were doing fine.

“I am constantly in touch with all five of them and they are doing fine. SAI has made every arrangement to give them the best care. The chefs are making special dishes for them as per their choice, beyond the mess menu, and the athletes are very happy about it,” Reid said.

Doing fine and hope to recover very soon – Manpreet Singh

Manpreet Singh

“I am self quarantined on the SAI campus and I am very happy with the way SAI authorities have handled the situation,” Manpreet had said.

“I am very happy that they made the testing of athletes mandatory. That proactive step helped in identifying the problem right in time. I am doing fine and hope to recover very soon,” he added.

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