How other sports are tackling cases of athletes testing positive for Covid-19
In addition to cricket, the pandemic has disrupted football, tennis, the NBA and Formula 1
At least ten members of the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise, including an India player, tested positive for the coronavirus on August 28. On the next day, it emerged that another player, uncapped at the highest level, also tested positive. The infected persons, most of them being support-staff members or net bowlers, are understood to have been moved to a different hotel from the team hotel, and are being monitored by medical personnel behind closed doors.
In Spain, a spike of positive cases at second division club Fuenlabrada caused a major disruption to the schedule. Fuenlabrada were forced to abandon their last league (against already relegated Deportivo La Coruna), a match in which a point would have secured their place in the playoffs. The league initially decided to cancel the fixture to keep the integrity of the playoff schedule, but after a furore it was played out three days later. Fuenlabrada lost, meaning Elche, in sixth place ahead of them, sneaked into the playoffs, which they duly won.
Novak Djokovic's Adria Tour event - held during the middle of the worldwide lockdown in June - saw a number of high profile players, including himself, test positive for the virus. Controversy surrounded the tournament due to its apparent lack of coronavirus protocols.
The restart of baseball has been beset with postponements due to players testing positive for covid-19. Games across August and July were postponed while teams that did not have positive cases went ahead with their games. This ad-hoc approach seems to remain the plan for the MLB.
Multiple players tested positive immediately preceding and following the suspension of the league in March. The league resumed on July 30 with 22 teams in a bio-secure bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort, and there have not been any positive cases amongst the active players since.
Racing Point driver Sergio Perez tested positive ahead of the British GP, and his place was taken by Nico Hulkenberg for the two races held at Silverstone. However, after testing negative, Perez returned to the circuit for the next race at the Spanish GP.