Australian Open: players have to go into isolation after corona case
After a corona case in a player's hotel for the Australian Open in Melbourne, the participants, officials and employees have to go into domestic isolation. The Prime Minister of the responsible state of Victoria, Dan Andrews, announced on Wednesday.
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last edit: Feb 03, 2021, 01:59 pm
In total, there are around 500 to 600 affected people. According to Andrews, an employee in one of the quarantine hotels in Melbourne is said to have been infected with the corona virus. It is said to be a 26-year-old man who was apparently found to have the British mutation of the virus.
A total of around 1000 people from the tennis environment were accommodated in several hotels in Melbourne. They had gone into a 14-day quarantine there. Melbourne will not be put into a new lockdown. Over 60 professional matches are scheduled for Thursday in Melbourne Park.
According to Andrews, the Australian Open, which is due to start next Monday, is not affected. But the six preparatory tournaments currently running in Melbourne are likely. The first Grand Slam tournament of the year had been postponed by three weeks due to the corona pandemic.