Sourav Ganguly has been discharged from hospital after he tested positive for coronavirus but he has been advised to undergo home isolation.
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Sourav Ganguly has been discharged from Woodlands hospital in Kolkata. The BCCI president, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday, was admitted to the hospital as he had an existing heart condition. According to reports, doctors have advised Sourav Ganguly to be in-home isolation for two weeks. They have also stated that Ganguly is not infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
A hospital official told PTI that Ganguly was administered the Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail Therapy when he was in hospital. “We have discharged Ganguly this afternoon. He will have to be in-home isolation for the next fortnight under doctors’ observation. After that the next course of treatment will be decided,” the official stated.
Ganguly was admitted to hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. According to several media reports, Ganguly had a fever on Sunday and he was tested for potential symptoms. When the report came out on Monday, Sourav Ganguly had tested positive for the coronavirus. The former India skipper has been admitted to Woodlands hospital in Kolkata. This was the same hospital where Ganguly was treated earlier for heart surgery.
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Close friends and family close to Sourav Ganguly have stated that his condition is stable. It was suggested that he should not be in home isolation after already having a pre-existing heart condition. Thus, it was suggested that he get admitted to the hospital. The omicron variant is currently prevalent in India.
Ganguly had refused to comment on the white-ball captaincy row following Virat Kohli’s earlier comments. “Let’s not take this further, I have nothing to say,” he said. When asked if there would be any action taken against Virat Kohli following the South Africa tour, the former Indian skipper said, “I have nothing to say. It is the matter of the BCCI and they will only deal with it.”
A day after Kohli was removed as ODI captain, BCCI President Ganguly told ANI that he had spoken to Virat about the leadership change, and that he had asked Virat not to give up the T20I captaincy as well. “It’s a call that the BCCI and the selectors took together. Actually, the BCCI had requested Virat to not step down as the T20I skipper but obviously, he did not agree. And the selectors then did not feel it right to have two different captains for two white-ball formats,” Ganguly had told Indian news agency ANI.
“So it was decided that Virat will continue as Test captain and Rohit will take over as the white-ball captain. I as President personally spoke to Virat Kohli and the chairman of selectors has also spoken to him,” the BCCI president had added.
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