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Australian athletes will be prohibited from supporting their team mates at other Commonwealth Games events at Birmingham because of the risk of COVID-19 transmission, team chef de mission Petria Thomas said.
They will likewise need to wear facial coverings when not in their rooms or practicing at the July 28 – Aug. 8 Games as a component of team health conventions.
“Our primary focus is that we can get our athletes to the starting line and they are performance ready,” Thomas told News Corp media on Wednesday.
“We have to put these measures in place to minimise the transmission of COVID and other diseases as well.”
Coronavirus keeps on disturbing global sport, with various swimmers compelled to haul out of the new swimming big showdowns in Budapest subsequent to testing positive.
Around 5,000 competitors from 72 countries and regions are expected to contend at Birmingham.
The Office for National Statistics assessed 3.95% of individuals in England, or one out of 25, were COVID positive during the week finishing June 29.
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