NBA suspends all games indefinitely after player tests positive for coronavirus
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The NBA is suspending the 2019-20 season, the league revealed Wednesday. The announcement comes after information {that a} Utah Jazz participant examined constructive for the coronavirus.
“The NBA introduced {that a} participant on the Utah Jazz has preliminarily examined constructive for COVID-19. The check outcome was reported shortly prior to the tip-off of tonight’s sport between the Jazz and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder at Chesapeake Vitality Area. At the moment, tonight’s sport was canceled. The affected participant was not within the area,” the league says in a statement released on its Twitter account. “The NBA is suspending sport play following the conclusion of tonight’s schedule of video games till additional discover. The NBA will use this hiatus to find out subsequent steps for shifting ahead in regard to the coronavirus pandemic.”
Mutliple retailers, including USA Today, affirm that Utah Jazz ahead Rudy Gobert is the participant referenced within the assertion. Officers determined to postpone the Thunder-Jazz sport Wednesday night time after gamers had already taken the courtroom.
The NBA season suspension is simply the newest coronavirus information to drop Wednesday night. The league’s announcement got here simply moments after Tom Hanks revealed he and spouse Rita Wilson examined constructive for the virus and Trump’s televised handle to the nation asserting that each one journey will probably be restricted from most of Europe to the USA for the subsequent 30 days. That is all on high of beforehand introduced cancellations and delays affecting the leisure business around the globe. The variety of tasks impacted is rising so quick, we’ve created a listing to maintain observe.
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As former Democratic presidential major candidate Marianne Williamson would say, “Wash your hands.”
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