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Australia-India Boxing Day Test declared possible Covid hotspot

Fans chant at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last month. A spectator who was at the showpiece Boxing Day Australia-India Test has tested positive for coronavirus and fans seated nearby have been urged to get Covid tested and isolate 

SYDNEY – A spectator at Australia’s showpiece Boxing Day Test against India has tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said Wednesday, warning fans seated nearby that they must get tested and isolate.

State health authorities said the man in his thirties was not infectious while at the famed Melbourne Cricket Ground on the second day of play “but there is potential he acquired the virus while there” or at a nearby shopping centre.

“The MCG is being investigated as a potential source for the infection,” Victoria’s Department of Health said.

“We’re encouraging anyone who…

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