Six Indian hockey players have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. All of them moved to a multi-speciality hospital as a precautionary measure.
Mandeep Singh was hospitalised on Monday night. His oxygen level had dropped below normal. This led to the others being hospitalised too as a precautionary measure. The remaining five were shifted to the hospital late on August 11.
All six tested positive in the mandatory test on arrival for the national camp. The other five, Captain Manpreet Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar and Krishnan B Pathak, were in quarantine at the Sports Authority of India Centre in Bengaluru. A doctor constantly monitored those who had tested positive.
“The decision to hospitalise them was taken so as to ensure that the players were attended to at all times and could be given the best possible treatment. All six athletes are in good health and recovering well,” SAI said in a statement.
Hockey camps from August 19
Meanwhile, the SAI has decided to go forward with both the men’s and women’s hockey camps from August 19.
The players had assembled on August 4 after a 45-day break. Prior to that, they were stuck in Bengaluru for more than 100 days without any training due to the lockdown.