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Updated May 8th, 2020 at 08:32 IST

South African first-class cricketer Solo Nqweni tests positive for COVID-19

South African cricketer Solo Nqweni has contracted the novel coronavirus, the all-rounder announced on Twitter. He is already battling other health issues.

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
South Africa
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South African first-class cricketer Solo Nqweni has contracted the novel coronavirus, the 25-year-old all-rounder announced on Twitter. According to reports, Nqweni has been suffering from other health issues such as Guillan-Barre Syndrome (GBS) and has got tuberculosis (TB). Nqweni, who was being treated for his illness in Aberdeen, Scotland tested positive for COVID-19 on May 6. 

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Nqweni is the third cricketer known to have contracted the deadly disease after Pakistan's Zafar Sarfraz and Scotland’s Majid Haq. Nqweni had spent four weeks in an induced coma last year while being treated for other health issues

. Nqweni is currently in the intensive care unit of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland. 

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Nqweni has played Under-19 cricket for South Africa in 2012 and was included in Eastern Province's squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. In 2018, he was again named in the Eastern Province's squad for the 2018 edition of the Africa T20 Cup.  

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Former Scotland cricketer of Pakistani descent Majid Haq had earlier announced that he has tested positive for novel coronavirus. The former off-spinner took to Twitter to share the news with his friends and followers on March 20. 50-year-old former Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfraz who had tested positive for coronavirus died last month at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar.

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Published May 8th, 2020 at 08:32 IST

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