Six hockey players recover from Covid-19; to train after isolation period

The training camps for both the men and women teams will begin in Bengaluru from Wednesday.

Six Indian men's hockey team players, including skipper Manpreet Singh, have recovered from Covid-19 and will be discharged from a Bengaluru hospital on Monday evening.

According a source close to the team, Manpreet, defender Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar, goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak and striker Mandeep Singh have tested negative twice and their vitals are normal. They tested positive for the infection between August 10 and 12.

"All the hockey players have completely recovered from Covid-19 and will be discharged this evening," the source told PTI.

Although asymptomatic, Mandeep was the first to be shifted to the SS Sparsh