NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, who also heads the country’s cricket board, has been admitted to hospital after contracting Covid-19, Indian media reported on Tuesday.
Ganguly, who underwent minor heart surgery in January, was admitted on Monday suffering from a mild fever, a senior doctor of the Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata told international news agency AFP.
“His condition is stable. There is no cause for alarm at the moment,” the medic said on condition of anonymity. He added, “Ganguly has been advised by a team of medical experts of the hospital because of some pre-existing health condition.”
Meanwhile, the cricketer’s brother has also confirmed the development to Reuters. “Sourav has got COVID but he is feeling fine,” Snehasish said by telephone, adding that the positive result came on Monday night.
Indian media reported that his samples had been sent for genome sequencing to confirm whether he had contracted the Omicron variant or not.
The 49-year-old, one of India’s most popular players ever and who now heads the country’s cricket board, was admitted to hospital twice in early 2021 with chest pain and underwent an angioplasty.
India, which suffered a devastating Covid-19 wave in April, has so far confirmed around 650 Omicron infections and several states have imposed restrictions on gatherings.
About 34.8 million people have contracted the novel coronavirus in the world’s second-most populous nation with confirmed deaths of over 480,000.
