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Indian Para-Athlete Nishad Kumar who had won a gold medal at the Fazza World Para Athletics Grand Prix held in Dubai, has now been tested positive for COVID-19.This news was given out by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) who released a statement regarding his health.
In the statement SAI stated "Nishad Kumar had arrived at the SAI Bengaluru campus on 23rd/24th February along with three fellow national campers(2 athletes and 1 support staff) and went for mandatory 7 day quarantine upon arrival. As per SAI SOP, an RT PCR test was done on the 6th day of quarantine, where he came COVID positive."
Nishad has won a gold medal at the Fazza Grand Prix in men's high jump T46/47 event. He has now been moved to the SS Sparsh Multi Speciality hospital as a precautionary measure.
A week ago Para-Athletics coach Satyanarayana had also tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted into the same hospital. He has now been discharged and is under a seven day quarantine.
India on the other hand saw another spike yesterday as more than 16,000 cases were reported. Out of which around 8,000 have been from Maharashtra which continues to be a the Worst affected state in the country.
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