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Concerns rise as three more PSL players test positive for Covid-19
Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed three more players from two different teams of Pakistan Super League (PSL) have tested positive for Covid-19 and they will now self-isolate for 10 days.
According to a press statement issued by PCB, the three players were not part of the sides that featured in PSL sixth edition, and had been tested in the afternoon after showing symptoms.
The PSL 6 organizing committee will hold a virtual meeting with the team owners and managements later on Thursday, following which a further update will be provided, the statement added.
On March 02, two players and one member of support staff of Pakistan Super League (PSL) tested positive for coronavirus, confirmed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Media Director Sami-ul-Hassan Burney.
He said that a total of 244 coronavirus tests were conducted out of which three came positive.
On March 01, the match between United and Quetta was postponed after United’s player Fawad Ahmed tested positive for Covid-19.
PSL management is considering the option of playing the entire tournament in Karachi instead of moving for the final leg to Lahore as scheduled, from March 10.
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