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Eight members of the Pakistan touring celebration to New Zealand have examined optimistic for COVID-19.© Twitter
An eighth member of Pakistan’s cricket squad has examined optimistic for Covid-19 because the staff undergoes quarantine in Christchurch, New Zealand well being authorities stated Wednesday. The well being division stated there was one new confirmed case among the many squad and an extra two members have been being investigated, including to the seven who beforehand examined optimistic over the previous week. The division stated the staff wouldn’t be allowed to coach collectively till medical doctors have been assured it will not result in extra coronavirus circumstances.
Director-general of well being Ashley Bloomfield issued the staff with a “final warning” final week for flouting social distancing protocols at their resort.
No additional breaches have been reported since.
Two of the unique six circumstances final week have been subsequently discovered to be historic, that means they weren’t infectious, whereas the opposite 4 have been lively. A seventh member of the squad examined optimistic on Saturday.
The 53-member tour celebration, led by skipper Babar Azam, arrived in Christchurch on November 24 for 2 weeks of quarantine which is necessary for all abroad arrivals in New Zealand.
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All examined destructive earlier than leaving Lahore for the five-match tour, which is scheduled to start with a Twenty20 worldwide in Auckland on December 18.
New Zealand has largely eradicated neighborhood transmission of coronavirus recording simply 1,704 circumstances and 25 deaths in a inhabitants of 5 million.
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