{"id":56398,"date":"2021-01-16T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=56398"},"modified":"2021-01-16T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T16:43:50","slug":"england-cricket-team-hotel-hit-by-coronavirus-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/england-cricket-team-hotel-hit-by-coronavirus-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"England cricket team hotel hit by coronavirus cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"innerheader\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">England cricket team hotel hit by coronavirus cases<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.lk\/front-page\/England-cricket-team-hotel-hit-by-coronavirus-cases\/44-711716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ft<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">AFP: The England cricket team were hit by a new coronavirus scare Friday as two staff members tested positive and were hospitalised, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Epidemiologist Venura Singarachchi told AFP the two kitchen staff at the Light House Hotel in Galle were tested after they showed symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">England are playing two Tests against Sri Lanka in Galle. Despite strict efforts to enforce a bio-secure bubble, they have already seen all-rounder Moeen Ali test positive since arriving in the South Asian nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Singarachchi said the two hotel staff had been sent to a treatment centre. \u201cWe are now trying to trace their contacts,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The England Cricket Board said it was not worried about the infections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cOur protocols have been excellent and we continue to be vigilant,\u201d Spokesman Danny Reuben told AFP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He said players respected social distancing, wore masks in indoor settings at the hotel and where possible dined outdoors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Reuben said Moeen was still isolating at a different hotel in Galle and would return to the team as soon as it was safe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">England arrived in Sri Lanka on 3 January and spent a week in isolation in the southern town of Hambantota before travelling to Galle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">They were allowed into the country despite a ban on flights from Britain in an effort to keep out a new, more contagious coronavirus variant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka has seen a surge in virus cases since October, with the total number of infections passing 50,000 on Wednesday and deaths rising to over 250 from just 13 in October.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England cricket team hotel hit by coronavirus cases Source:Ft AFP: The England cricket team were hit by a new coronavirus scare Friday as two staff members tested positive and were hospitalised, officials said. 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