FILE PHOTO: Saina Nehwal of Awadhe Warriors plays a shot against Han Li of Mumbai Rockets during women’s singles second semi final event at the Indian Premier Badminton League in Hyderabad, India, Jan 15, 2016. (AFP)
Former badminton world number one Saina Nehwal was among four international players who tested positive for Covid-19 at the Thailand Open Tuesday, as sporting officials rushed to contain a potential outbreak in the tournament’s so-called bubble.
The Badminton World Federation said the four positive tests had been re-examined, and Nehwal was receiving medical treatment at a Bangkok hospital.
The Olympic bronze medallist’s husband, men’s singles competitor Parupalli Kashyap, has gone into hotel isolation.
Nehwal tweeted Tuesday that she was told to go to hospital by officials “just before the…
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