24 Australian Open players confined as Covid-19 cases found after flight
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Melbourne, Australia, Jan 16 (efe-epa).- Twenty-four Australian Open players have been confined to quarantine hotel rooms and are unable to train for next month’s event after two people on a charter flight from the United States tested positive for Covid-19 after landing in Melbourne Friday.
“The two positive tests have been returned by a member of the flight crew and a passenger who is not a player, who returned a negative test within 72 hours prior to boarding the flight,” Open organizers announced in a statement Saturday.
A total of 79 people were on the flight from Los Angeles, including 67 passengers. All those on board are now in quarantine, while the two positive cases are in health hotels.