New Delhi: Four shuttlers, including Parupalli Kashyap, H.S. Prannoy and Guru Sai Dutt, have tested positive for Covid-19. Doubles specialist Pranaav Chopra is the fourth badminton player to have been diagnosed with Covid-19.
According to a source in the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the three shuttlers—Kashyap, Prannoy and Chopra—recently attended Guru Sai Dutt’s wedding which took place on 25 November in Hyderabad.
They got themselves tested upon reaching the Pullela Gopichand Academy for the ongoing badminton national camp where their results returned positive. However, Saina Nehwal, who also attended the wedding, has tested negative.
Earlier in August, N. Sikki Reddy and physiotherapist Kiran C. had tested negative for Covid-19 following which the camp, which started on 7 August, was closed for sanitisation. However, it restarted from 17 August.
