Second rugby player tests positive as new competition put on hold

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A second member of the Sydney University first grade rugby team tested positive for coronavirus as Rugby Australia confirmed it was putting on hold its plans for a new Australian professional competition |geerob

around the time Sydney University defeated the University of Queensland in the Australian Club Championships on March 15.

Speaking last week, NSW chief medical officer Dr Kerry Chant said: "All people who attended this event are considered close contacts of a confirmed case and we ask that any attendees immediately self-isolate themselves for 14 days, so that will be until midnight of Saturday 28 March. Should anyone develop symptoms, please contact the public health units on the appropriate numbers."

RA said the federal and state governments' rapidly escalating shutdown measures had prompted the call, while theAll other club and community rugby around Australia has been suspended until May as well."Rugby Australia and the Super Rugby teams have made the decision today to suspend the start of the revised competition on the latest guidance from the various government and health authorities and our Chief Medical Officer," RA chief executive Raelene Castle said.

 

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geerob Testing positive for Covid-19 is not a death sentence by no means for a majority of the people, globally!

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