jpnn.com, JAKARTA - Several Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) matches have been postponed after members of the participating teams were affected by Covid-19.
The first match being postponed was on Saturday (29/1) afternoon, when the Satria Muda (SM) Pertamina Jakarta were supposed to play against Evos Thunder Bogor.
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The match was postponed following one SM Pertamina player testing positive for Covid-19.
Another match was postponed on Sunday (30/1), when the Indonesia Patriots were supposed to go against NSH Mountain Gold Timika.
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The second postponement followed eight members testing positive for Covid-19. They included Ali Bagir Alhadar, AA Gede Bagus, Victory Lobbu, Serigne Modou Kane, and Aldy Izzatur Rahman.
Not only the players, assistant coach Ricky Gunawan and team managers Jamin Mototoran and Renny Dwi Chandrawati also had the virus.
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IBL President Director Junas Miradiarsyah said there were seven members of the Indonesian Patriots testing positive on January 26.
A day later, the IBL did a retest and another one was confirmed positive.
"We then carried out one more test on January 29. The results showed seven were positive, while Serigne Modou Kane was negative," Junas said.
Most recently, the match between Pelita Jaya Bakrie Jakarta and Satya Wacana Salatiga was also postponed.
This followed two Pelita Jaya players, namely Govinda Julian Saputra and Fernando Manangsang, testing positive for Covid-19. (mcr16/mcr20/jpnn)
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