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Any experts here? Aakash Chopra raises questions if enough people were tested for Coronavirus

Written by  Rajan Nath -- March 17th 2020 03:39 PM -- Updated: March 17th 2020 03:47 PM
Any experts here? Aakash Chopra raises questions if enough people were tested for Coronavirus

Any experts here? Aakash Chopra raises questions if enough people were tested for Coronavirus

Amid coronavirus (COVID 19) scare, several countries across the globe are in a state of lockdown. Though India's case is not as severe as European countries, the Government is taking all the precautionary measures to ensure that the virus doesn't spread. Meanwhile, Indian cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra raised a concern about the current situation of panic in the country. Aakash Chopra took to Twitter and wrote: "Reading accounts of many #coronavirus positive people taking flights, traveling by trains across states in India and using public transport....it’s either a miracle that India has only 125 positive cases or we are simply not testing enough people. Any experts here?"

BCCI office closed

On Monday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) closed its headquarters in Mumbai and asked the employees to work from home, in an order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. On the other hand, while the final decision over the future of the IPL 2020 is yet to be taken, the organisers have suspended the rich-cash league till further orders.

PSL 2020 postponed

Pakistan Super League (PSL), which was the only tournament active at the moment with two semi-finals scheduled to be played on Tuesday. However, the Pakistan cricket board (PCB) called off the tournament amid coronavirus threat. In the first semifinal, Multan Sultans was set to take on Peshawar Zalmi followed by the second semifinal between Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars. Also Read | Coronavirus Outbreak: India reports third death; cases rise to 125 Coronavirus, which was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation, has claimed over 7,175 so far with 183,116 confirmed cases across the globe. -PTC News

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