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Twenty-four gamers on a constitution flight from the US to Melbourne are required to quarantine for 2 weeks after a member of the flight crew and a passenger — not a participant — examined optimistic. Each had examined destructive inside 72 hours of boarding the flight, which carried a complete of 79 individuals.
One other 23 gamers are additionally in quarantine following the arrival in Melbourne of a constitution flight carrying 64 individuals from Abu Dhabi. One individual — once more not a participant — examined optimistic after the flight, regardless of presenting documentation of a destructive Covid-19 take a look at previous to takeoff.
All 47 gamers affected won’t be able to go away their lodge rooms for the 14-day interval and till they’re medically cleared. They won’t be eligible to apply.
“All passengers from the flight are already in quarantine inns and the optimistic case, who shouldn’t be a participant and had examined destructive earlier than the flight, has been transferred to a well being lodge,” stated the second assertion in reference to the Abu Dhabi-Melbourne flight.
The passengers who examined optimistic for the virus on the US flight had been additionally transferred to a well being lodge.
“Our ideas are with the 2 individuals who examined optimistic on the flight and we want them nicely for his or her restoration,” stated Australian Open Match Director Craig Tiley within the organizers’ first assertion.
‘Rigorous testing schedule’
“Quickly, half of the gamers from the AO will really should isolate,” she tweeted. “Weeks and weeks of apply and onerous work going to waste for one individual optimistic to Covid in a three/four empty airplane. Sorry however that is insane.”
Initially scheduled to begin this month, the Australian Open was rescheduled to February Eight-21 due to Covid-19 issues.
Whereas many of the world’s prime gamers have gone straight to Melbourne, others equivalent to Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams, flew to Adelaide.
“SA Well being has confirmed that there isn’t a one who has an energetic COVID-19 an infection in the complete tennis cohort primarily based in Adelaide,” tweeted the Australian Open afterward Saturday. ‘Testing will proceed each day.”
Previous to Saturday’s developments, event organizers had stated gamers would additionally “endure a extra rigorous testing schedule than most returning vacationers.”
All should endure a 14-day quarantine, however are allowed out for 5 hours every day to coach in strict bio-secure bubbles forward of a number of warm-up tournaments, all in Melbourne, within the week main up the grand slam.
However these 47 gamers now holed up of their inns shall be left questioning simply how they may be capable to correctly put together or the primary grand slam of the season.
CNN’s Dan Kamal contributed to this report.
