Srikanth’s nostril bleeds after Covid checks, poor therapy unacceptable, he says

Former world primary shuttler Kidambi Srikanth acquired a bloodied nostril after present process a number of COVID-19 checks and miffed on the poor therapy of well being officers at Thailand Open, the Indian on Tuesday referred to as it “unacceptable”.
Besides Srikanth, the Indian contingent consists of the likes of Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu, Sourabh Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty and Ashwini Ponappa.

We handle ourselves for the match to not come and shed blood for THIS . However , I gave 4 checks after I’ve arrived and I can’t say any of them have been nice .Unacceptable pic.twitter.com/ir56ji8Yjw
— Kidambi Srikanth (@srikidambi) January 12, 2021
“We take care of ourselves for the match not to come and shed blood for THIS. However, I gave 4 tests after I have arrived and I can’t say any of them have been pleasant. Unacceptable,” an upset Srikanth wrote on his twitter deal with.
The 27-year-old, who’s scheduled to open his marketing campaign on Wednesday in opposition to fellow Indian Verma, shared images of his nostril bleeding after he was examined for the fourth time.
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) mentioned Srikanth is being attended to by a health care provider and it’s awaiting a medical rationalization.
“A doctor from the Department of Disease Control and the COVID-19 testing team is attending to Srikanth Kidambi. BWF is still awaiting a medical explanation from Badminton Association of Thailand and the Department of Disease Control as to the reasoning for the occurrence,” a BWF official advised PTI.
The Indian gamers are being examined for the fourth time following the optimistic COVID-19 results of star participant Saina Nehwal, who was pressured out of the match.
Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, too, was pressured to withdraw “due to close proximity” with spouse and fellow shuttler Saina, whereas HS Prannoy’s participation hung in steadiness after his pattern got here out destructive following a optimistic lead to a weird flip of occasions.

The BWF allowed the remainder of India gamers to return to the venue and play however made it clear that “no coaches, managers or other personnel from Team India” can be allowed.
The BWF mentioned “the entire Indian team has been categorised high risk by Thai health authorities and all players and team entourage are currently self-quarantining in their rooms at the hotel and will be subject to a PCR test today.”
“Each individual is subject to daily testing until further notice from the Department of Disease Control, but players can continue to play upon producing a negative result,” it added.