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By:Shree1news, 17 NOV 2020
Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday stated it stays committed to hosting the first Test towards India on the Adelaide Oval even as state border closures have been imposed following Covid-19 outbreak in South Australia.
“Cricket Australia (CA) continues to observe the scenario in South Australia however stays committed to hosting the primary Test towards India on the Adelaide Oval,” stated the cricket board in an announcement.
Australian authorities conducted mass assessments on Tuesday and about 4,000 people have been confined to quarantine within the hope of stifling a new cluster of cases of the novel coronavirus after hopes it had been largely eradicated.
The state of South Australia reimposed social distancing restrictions on Monday after detecting 21 cases of the coronavirus, most of which have been acquired locally.
The cases have been the first local transmissions of the virus in Australia in 9 days.
South Australia Premier Steven Marshall stated testing had recognized 5 new cases previously 24 hours, whereas 14 people have been suspected to be contaminated and have been awaiting test results.
“We are not out of the woods. We are just at the beginning levels of dealing with this particular very nasty cluster,” Marshall informed reporters in Adelaide.
Marshall stated all cases might be traced again to an Australian who arrived in South Australia from overseas on Nov. 2 and entered mandatory quarantine in a hotel.
Source: A-N
