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Covid is scaring the Ashes as well. Two staff members and their two family members tested positive for COVID. The teams and other staff members were also undergoing Rapid Antigen Test before leaving the hotel for Melbourne Cricket Ground. The team received their negative test result just 45 minutes before the match. The game started half an hour late to give a chance for warming up to the team.
“Cricket Australia has been informed that two members of the England Cricket team’s support staff and two of their family members have returned a positive Covid-19 rapid antigen test”.
The patients who tested positive for COVID are currently in isolation.
The England cricket team will also undergo a rapid antigen test today.
Australian broadcaster informed that one staff member working on Melbourne cricket ground tested positive for COVID, the led to sudden changes in the commentary team in the last minutes.
Coronavirus has affected Adeilede Test as well, two members from media covering Ashes also tested positives.