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SINGAPORE – The One Championship Big Bang event at the indoor stadium will continue as scheduled on Friday (December 4) evening, despite a cornerback from one of the athletes testing positive for Covid-19, the arts organization. Mixed martial arts (MMA) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Monday.
In a joint statement, they said the cornerback, who tested negative prior to his departure from Belarus, tested positive upon arrival here on November 27. He was sent to a hospital and is currently in treatment.
“As part of the strict protocols for foreign athletes and crew members participating in this event, he was placed in isolation upon arrival,” the statement said.
“Three other people who participated in the event, who were on the same flight as the man on the corner, are currently serving their quarantine at a dedicated facility.”
In combat sport, cornerbacks can be coaches, trainers, cutmen, or sparring partners and often spend a lot of time around their fighter.
The protocols for the next live event, which may have up to 250 fans in attendance, include a requirement that all overseas athletes, cornerbacks, and staff be isolated until they receive a negative test result, after which a strictly controlled itinerary. that has been pre-approved.
Foreign athletes and One’s production team are also required to undergo tests four times: before leaving their country, upon arrival in Singapore, as well as before and after their fight.
“Public health and safety remain our top priority,” said One and STB. “This case was detected through the detection protocols and the strict measures that were implemented to safeguard the health of our local community, as well as that of the athletes and the production team.”
Two positive cases were detected prior to the One’s Inside the Matrix event on October 30, which was also the first live sporting event in Singapore since the pandemic to have spectators. It welcomed 250 fans.
These two cases involving cornerbacks from the United States and Russia were determined to be past infections after serological tests were performed.
On the night of the Inside The Matrix show, STB and One announced that the couple had recovered, but they stayed out of the event as a precaution.
Big Bang will be One’s third event here since the coronavirus crisis. The first was on October 9 behind closed doors before Inside The Matrix. A fourth show, Collision Course, has been scheduled for December 18.
Various international sporting events have been held despite positive tests for coronavirus among athletes or officials, or have been handled through isolation.
In particular, the English Premier League routinely tests and announces the test rate, as well as the number of positive results, without naming the players or clubs involved. Those who test positive will self-isolate for 10 days while games are played as scheduled.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) completed its 2019-20 regular season and playoffs last month within a safe “bubble” at Disney World in Orlando Florida, with players screened daily and forced to quarantine for 48 hours after their arrival, or until they returned. two negative tests at least 24 hours apart.
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