News doing round about my illness is baseless: Snehasish Ganguly

Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has clarified that the reports going around that Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Secretary Snehasish Ganguly tested positive for COVID-19 is counterfeit. The former first-class is cricketer is healthy and hasn’t infected with the dreadful virus.

“This is to clarify that CAB Honorary Secretary Snehasish Ganguly is perfectly fine contrary to the fake news doing rounds about his corona infection.”

“I am perfectly healthy and am doing office every day. The news doing round about my illness is baseless and is not expected in these trying times,” he said in a statement.

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“Hope that after this, it will firmly put a lid on such untrue sensational news that is doing rounds”, he added.

On Friday, the state health department said that Snehasish Ganguly’s family members tested positive for coronavirus. Snehasish’s wife, the elder brother of BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, his mother-in-law and father-in-law had tested positive for COVID-19, a senior official said.

Former Ranji cricketer has tested negative for Covid-19 and been advised home isolation, the official said.

“All the four complained of some health issues, which were similar to the symptoms of Covid-19 when they were staying at another residence and not at Ganguly’s ancestral house in Behala. After testing positive, all the four were shifted to a private nursing home,” a senior official of the department said.

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They will be tested again on Saturday and further decisions on their treatment will be taken, nursing home sources said

“Whether they will be discharged or not, depends on the result of the tests,” they said.

Source ANI