Times Of Swaziland: NO COVID-19 CASES IN SPORTS - GOVT

NO COVID-19 CASES IN SPORTS - GOVT
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BY THEMBA ZWANE on 30/06/2020 23:50:00


MBABANE – International news of sportspeople testing positive for COVID-19 are
reported almost every day.
For Eswatini sportspersons, they may heave a sigh of relief to learn that
government has not yet received reports of people in sports who have contracted
the virus that has already claimed the lives of at least 11 emaSwati.
According to Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health, Dr Vusi
Magagula, there have been no reports of people in sports who have contracted the
virus.
The director was asked to shed light, as the infection curve keeps rising, if
there was still no athlete or person in sports having been reported to have
contracted the virus.
“Not that we know of,” answered Magagula briefly, since he could not take
calls because he was held up in meetings.
Magagula was responding to a text message on whether there was a sportsperson
who had tested positive for the coronavirus.
When this report was compiled yesterday, the number of coronavirus cases stood
at 795.
Meanwhile, Cricket South Africa (CSA) revealed last Monday that seven people
within the organisation had tested positive for coronavirus, raising questions
over the sport’s potential return to action in the country.
Sports 24, reported on Saturday that there were seven positive cases for
coronavirus at four clubs as the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL)
prepared to re-start.