Para-athletics coach Gajender tests positive for COVID-19

Gajender, coach and husband of para-athlete Simran, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under self-isolation at home.

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Para-athletics coach Gajender has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under self-isolation at home, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Tuesday. Gajender is the coach and husband of para-athlete Simran, who is training at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.

“Gajender who is the coach as well as husband of para-athlete Simran training at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium tested positive for the coronavirus,” SAI said in a release.

Simran, on the other hand, has tested negative.

“He is asymptomatic and in stable health condition,” the release added.

The couple has been placed in home quarantine.