11-04-2021, 17:08
A further, and hopefully final, update on the Covid outbreak from the WCF website. My apologies for the laziness of your correspondent, but they can tell the story much better than me.
"The championship was paused on Friday (9 April) night after three positive (and asymptomatic) tests involving teams not participating in the play-offs came to light.
A further fourth positive test involving an athlete from a play-off team was received on Saturday (10 April) morning.
All athletes, coaches and event officials deemed to be in close contact with athletes within the bubble, were tested on Saturday morning, with every test coming back negative.
Despite that negative result, the player who had previously tested positive — and had that result run through confirmatory testing to ensure it was a true positive — will not be able to participate in the remainder of the championship due to Alberta Health regulations.
Today’s schedule has been adapted to allow for the championship’s completion and will feature United States versus Switzerland in the 3v6 Qualification game at 11:00. That will be followed by the two semi-final games at 16:00, then finally both medal games will take place simultaneously at 21:00."
These times will translate into 6pm, 11pm and 4am UK time. Eurosport were due to broadcast the semi-finals and final, but that might all be changed.
"The championship was paused on Friday (9 April) night after three positive (and asymptomatic) tests involving teams not participating in the play-offs came to light.
A further fourth positive test involving an athlete from a play-off team was received on Saturday (10 April) morning.
All athletes, coaches and event officials deemed to be in close contact with athletes within the bubble, were tested on Saturday morning, with every test coming back negative.
Despite that negative result, the player who had previously tested positive — and had that result run through confirmatory testing to ensure it was a true positive — will not be able to participate in the remainder of the championship due to Alberta Health regulations.
Today’s schedule has been adapted to allow for the championship’s completion and will feature United States versus Switzerland in the 3v6 Qualification game at 11:00. That will be followed by the two semi-final games at 16:00, then finally both medal games will take place simultaneously at 21:00."
These times will translate into 6pm, 11pm and 4am UK time. Eurosport were due to broadcast the semi-finals and final, but that might all be changed.
Cabbage is still good for you