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SINGAPORE: The two cornerbacks who arrived in Singapore to participate in the ONE Championship live sporting event on Friday (October 30) and tested positive for COVID-19 are not participating in the show.
While they have recovered from COVID-19, they tested positive in the latest polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted on Thursday, ONE and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said in response to inquiries from the CNA. .
The two men had traveled to Singapore between October 22 and 23, ONE said on Friday.
ONE declined to name them due to “medical privacy.”
It was previously reported that positive results were detected as part of the screening protocols for the ONE: Inside the Matrix event.
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Both men tested negative for COVID-19 before flying to Singapore from the US and Russia, and also tested negative for coronavirus upon arrival.
They subsequently tested positive on Tuesday and serological tests were performed the next day to “determine if their infection is current,” ONE and STB said in a statement Thursday.
Serological tests were positive in both men.
The groups said the two men had undergone PCR tests again on Thursday as an “additional measure.”
On Friday ONE and STB said: “The two cornerbacks who have recovered from COVID-19 tested positive in their latest PCR tests performed yesterday.”
“Recovered cases can continue to shed non-viable and non-infectious viral fragments for weeks or even months after infection, which can lead to positive PCR test results.
“While these are past cases of infection and are considered to be no longer infectious, as an additional precaution, they will not participate in tonight’s ONE: Inside the Matrix event,” the joint statement said.
ONE added that the contact tracing had been carried out “by pilot and governmental procedure” and the result “determined that other parties were not required to quarantine or withdraw from the event.”
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Friday’s event, titled ONE: Inside the Matrix, is expected to have up to 250 viewers, according to ONE Championship. It will also be one of the first to test the use of rapid COVID-19 antigen (ART) tests.
The ARTs will be used for pre-event tests, which can yield “fairly accurate” results in about half an hour, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said Oct. 20.
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