By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, February 3, 2021

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There will be no matches at Melbourne Park on Thursday soon after an AO hotel employee analyzed optimistic for Coronavirus. An update on the timetable for Friday will be declared later on nowadays.

Photograph credit rating: Mark Peterson/Corleve

The Australian summer period has hit a roadblock.

There will be no matches at Melbourne Park on Thursday right after an Australian Open resort worker tested favourable for Coronavirus. The Australian Open introduced an update on the timetable for Friday will be announced later on nowadays.

Victorian Leading Dan Andrews introduced a 26-calendar year-aged person who labored as a resident help officer for the Australian Open’s quarantine program in the beginning analyzed destructive for COVID-19 after finishing his change at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on January 29th.

Even so, the staffer subsequently formulated Coronavirus signs and symptoms and tested positve in another check executed on Wednesday.

“This is just one scenario, there is certainly no need for people to panic,” Leading Andrews informed a information convention. “There’s no need to be alarmed. We Victorians know what to do. And we have verified as point out incredibly thriving at taking care of those people kinds of outbreaks, these kinds of troubles.”

This latest COVID circumstance has prompted authorities to reinstate mask mandate and restrictions on gatherings in Victoria. Premier Andrews said “we have to assume that this person has infected other folks” and asserted officials “have to believe” this is the deadlier and extra highly contagious British isles variant of the virus.

Leading Andrews said among 500 and 600 Australian Open up players, coaches or staffers and are considered everyday contacts and will be pressured to isolate till they check adverse. Tests is scheduled to get started Thursday.

“We will perform with everybody concerned to facilitate screening as immediately as feasible,” Australian Open up officials introduced.

What influence will the positive situation have on the Australian Open, scheduled to start on Monday?

As of now, Premier Andrews explained “at this phase, there is no effect to the match correct.”