November 23, 2024

Solo Nqweni of South Africa tests positive in coronavirus test

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Johannesburg,08 May(HS): South Africa all-rounder Solo Nqweni said that he has tested  positive in the coronavirus test.

Giving this information on his Twitter account on Thursday, Nqweni wrote, “Last year I was suffering from GBS, and I have been battling the disease for the last 10 months. I had reached the halfway point of recovery.”

He said, “I got TB, my liver failed and my kidney failed. Now today I tested positive for corona virus. I don’t understand why all of this is happening to me.”

Nqweni, 26, played under-19 cricket for South Africa in 2012 and plays first-class cricket for Eastern Province.

He is the third cricketer after Pakistan’s Zafar Sarfaraz and Scotland’s Majid Haq to be found infected with coronavirus.

In South Africa, the number of people infected with coronavirus has reached more than 8,200 and as a result 161 people have died there.