Two more players from the Australian Open have tested positive for COVID-19, government officials said on Wednesday, as authorities had cross-cutting purposes over who would pay the tournament quarantine bill.
Victoria State Police Minister Lisa Neville said two players and an Australian open participant who were not playing included three new infections reported on Wednesday.
A total of ten people associated with the Grand Slam, including four players, have tested positive for the virus.
There has been some confusion about the exact figures, and authorities’ test results have subsequently been reclassified as a “viral spill” from previous infections.
Viral tears are not contagious.
Neville said authorities had “a lot of confidence” that one of the player’s two new infections was a case of viral spillage.
“Of the other two, it’s less clear that they will come off. That will be fixed, and that’s a player and a support person,” Neville told reporters.
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said two players who tested positive on Tuesday were also victims of the crash.
More than 70 players and their entourage are confined to their hotel rooms for 14 days and cannot train for the Australian Open from 8 to 21 February after passengers on three charter flights showed positive evidence. .
Authorities have disbursed huge funds to fly more than 1,200 players, coaches and officers on 17 charter flights to Australia to put on the first Grand Slam of the year.
Tiley said the quarantine costs could exceed A $ 40 million, some of which would be covered by the Victoria state government.
“The state government is supporting and helping this,” he told Wednesday’s 3AW radio station.
Neville discussed this.
“I have confirmed the triple that today is again fully funded by the Australian Open,” he said.
“The taxpayer does not contribute to the hotel quarantine program (Australian Open).”
Several players have complained about the conditions and provoked a fierce reaction from Australians, who have criticized players for having a “right” even when thousands of the nation’s citizens remain abroad.
Yulia Putintseva, number 28 in the Kazakh female world, complained of an infestation of mice in her forties and said the windows would not open in her room.
He later posted a video on Twitter of mice in his room.
there are actually many! Not even 1 in my room now🤦🏼♀️ pic.twitter.com/uUaicOhoB5
– Yulia Putintseva (@PutintsevaYulia) January 19, 2021
Tiley said on Tuesday that “the vast majority” of players supported Australia’s strict protocols.