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MANILA, Philippines – A player inside the PBA bubble in Pampanga tested positive for COVID-19, the league announced Saturday.
The development has prompted the PBA to postpone the game between Rain or Shine and Blackwater originally scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m.
The second game with Barangay Gin and Magnolia, however, will go ahead.
Comm Willie: “The first game was canceled. But the Manila Classic will continue.”
– PBA (@pbaconnect) October 25, 2020
Despite another reported infection, PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial and Base Development and Conversion Authority (BCDA) President Vince Dizon assured that the bubble remains intact.
Second. Vince Dizon: “There is no reason to say the bubble has been broken. The protocols have been followed.”
– PBA (@pbaconnect) October 25, 2020
Marcial added that Dizon recommended the isolation of both Blackwater and TNT. The Elite and the Tropang Giga, who met on Thursday.
Recently, a referee became the first coronavirus case in the bubble. The referee, however, “tested negative for the COVID-19 virus” after undergoing an antigen test.
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