[ritchiebaby]

There have been two major happenings at these World Championships over the last few hours

Firstly Scotland beat Canada 5-3 to reach the semi-final stage, with Canada conceding while 4 shots against them and one stone left to play. Each of the Scottish players had percentages in the 90s and were obviously on the ball.

BUT and it's a big but, after the usual exit testing procedure, positive cases of Covid19 were discovered. Obviously no details of individuals were released, but as Canada v Scotland was the only game being played, it would suggest that the cases came from those teams/staff. In any case all play-off teams are being tested this morning to see if further cases are discovered and naturally all play is suspended meantime. Contact tracing of those positive cases is being undertaken and will include TV, catering and accommodation staff. Let's hope that this outbreak can be nipped in the bud.

For the record, USA are due to play Switzerland at 4pm UK time, but we'll just have to wait and see.