The incidence of new infections in the Corona virus in the ranks of the NBA clubs has expanded rapidly, and from one moment to the next new cases are announced, reaching, according to American newspapers, until yesterday morning to 13 players in six clubs, including the Los Angeles Lakers, the Philadelphia, the Sixers and Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets.
Lakers, leader of the Western Region ranking, announced that two of its players were infected with the "Covid-19" virus, without revealing their identity, while Philadelphia announced that three of its members had undergone positive tests, and Denver confirmed that one of its members had been infected, without specifying whether he was a player or a crew. . Celtic player Marcus Smart also confirmed that he was injured.
Last week, the American League competition was suspended after the French Utah Jazz player Rudi Goubert was confirmed to have the virus. Since then, his teammate Donavan Mitchell, Christian Wood of Detroit Pistons, and four players from Brooklyn Nets, most notably Kevin Durant, have been confirmed. However, the number of infections recorded a noticeable increase the day before yesterday, with the increasing frequency of tests being conducted in the United States to detect HIV infections.
The Lakers, who include stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, announced that he had subjected his players to tests, against the background of playing on March 10 a match against Brooklyn Nets, and the tests of two of them were positive. The Los Angeles City team confirmed that team doctors are closely following the players.
"We learned that two Lakers players had positive results," Lakers spokeswoman Alison Bogley said in a statement. The two players currently do not suffer from any symptoms, and are quarantined under the care of the team doctor.
And she continued, "All Lakers players and technical staff were asked to remain in self-quarantine at home, closely monitor their health, communicate with their personal physicians, and stay in constant contact with the team." For his part, Seventy Sixers, who was ranked sixth in the eastern region before the suspension of the competitions, revealed the presence of positive cases in its ranks, after the health authorities warned that some players, coaches, and members of the technical staff may have been exposed to the possibility of infection with the virus that killed about 10 thousand people so far in the world. Sixers explained that his three members are subject to self-quarantine under the supervision of doctors, and also without revealing their names. And the United States announced, on Thursday night, that it had crossed the threshold of 10,000 registered cases of the emerging coronavirus, while the death toll was 154, according to the Johns Hopkins University. And the health authorities expected that the number of injuries, which currently exceeds 10 thousand and 700, will increase rapidly in the coming days, with the frequency of examinations increasing.
- The basketball clubs subject all of their players and workers to Corona tests, revealing many injuries.