China News Service, Beijing, July 6th. On July 6th, the Chinese Basketball Association issued a notice through its official Weibo, saying that many people in the Chinese men's basketball team that had just finished the Australian World Preliminary Tournament had tested positive for nucleic acid.
According to local and competition policies, positive personnel have been quarantined and treated on site, and team doctors and management staff have been arranged to accompany them in Melbourne.
In order to ensure the normal progress of the follow-up competition tasks, the national team will urgently recruit five domestic players to fly to Jakarta to prepare for the competition.
Those currently staying in Melbourne will travel to Jakarta to join the team if they recover before the game.
The full text of the announcement is as follows:
The national basketball team responds to the new situation of visiting and participating in the competition
The Chinese men's basketball team has completed the third window of the World Preliminaries in Melbourne, Australia, and will prepare for the Asian Cup which starts on July 12.
During the third window period, many people in the visiting team showed positive nucleic acid tests.
The Chinese Basketball Association immediately launched the emergency plan, and in accordance with local and competition policies, conducted on-site isolation, observation and treatment for positive personnel, and arranged for team doctors and management personnel to accompany and take care of them in Melbourne.
The rest of the team left today for Indonesia.
In order to ensure the normal progress of the follow-up competition tasks, the national team will urgently recruit five domestic players to fly to Jakarta to prepare for the competition.
Those currently staying in Melbourne will travel to Jakarta to join the team if they recover before the game.
Some members of the Chinese three-person basketball national team that are preparing for and participating in overseas competitions also have positive nucleic acid tests.
At present, the Chinese Basketball Association has coordinated a team of experts to provide telemedicine guidance for the national team, and will fully provide various support and guarantees.
All the soldiers of the national team are well aware of the difficulties, risks and challenges they will face, but they will not turn back and go all out to fight for their country.
For their courage and dedication, the Chinese Basketball Association expresses deep respect and thanks to the thousands of fans, media and partners who understand, support and stand behind them at this moment!
All the way to the journey!
To the journey together!