The two members of England’s cricket touring party who tested positive for Covid-19 have been cleared to return home with the rest of the tourists on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Tuesday.
The announcement came a day after a one-day series against South Africa was scrapped without a single game being played.
The statement quoted ECB chief medical officer, Professor Nick Peirce, as saying that independent ratification of the “unconfirmed positive” tests had shown the two unnamed individuals were not infected.
“The England and Wales Cricket Board can confirm that, following further testing and analysis, in the opinion of the independent virologists based in Cape Town and London, the two individuals are not infected, and do not pose any risk of passing on the infection to the rest of the party,” said Professor Peirce.
“As such, the advice is they are now free to join the rest of the group and are no longer self-isolating.”
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