BCCI President Sourav Ganguly's Family Members Test Positive For Covid-19

The wife of Ganguly's elder brother Snehasish as well as her parents have been tested positive for the virus. Other than them, the domestic help at Snehasish's Mominpur home has also caught the viral infection.

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The Coronavirus pandemic which has been rising at an alarming pace all over the nation had yet another major spike of fresh cases on Saturday, and notable among those who contracted the virus were family members of BCCI President Sourav Ganguly testing positive for COVID-19. The wife of Ganguly's elder brother Snehasish as well as her parents have been tested positive for the virus. Other than them, the domestic help at Snehasish's Mominpur home has also caught the viral infection. Ganguly's elder brother, Snehashish, who is himself a former Ranji-level cricketer, was also tested for the virus but his reports came negative. However, he has since been advised home quarantine. All those infected have been admitted to a private nursing home and are receiving treatment. Snehashish is presently the secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). "All the four complained of some health issues, which were similar to the symptoms of COVID-19 when they were staying at another residence and not at Ganguly's ancestral house in Behala. After testing positive, all the four were shifted to a private nursing home," a senior official said. Further tests will be done of all of them on Saturday based on which the decision on whether to discharge them from the hospital or not will be taken. “Whether they will be discharged or not, depends on the result of the tests,” an official at the nursing home stated.