NHPC staff free to go home after Covid testing results in clean bill of health

All 69 players, officials and support staff members at the National High Performance Centre (NHPC) that were tested for Covid-19 following a positive case on Monday, have reportedly returned negative results today.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had to shut its offices in Lahore yesterday following confirmation that a staff member had contracted the virus.

According to sources privy to the matter, all the personnel at the NHPC were tested and the Board has received a clean bill of health.

Following the development, they have been permitted to leave for their homes.

It is pertinent to mention here that women cricketers were not a part of the latest round of Covid-19 testing.

The PCB headquarters, meanwhile, will continue to remain close for three days. Its staff will get tested on Wednesday.

Pakistan cricket has been hit by Covid-19 recently, with its biggest casualty being the Pakistan Super League 2021, which had to be postponed following a bio-secure bubble breach that allowed the ravaging virus a way in.

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