© hindustantimes.comBoris Thangjam, international footballer, tests COVID-19 positive
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India’s 2017 Fifa U-17 World Cup team member Boris Singh Thangjam on Thursday tested positive for Covid-19 in a first such case involving an active footballer.
The 20-year-old Boris, who had played as right back in two of India’s three matches in the U-17 World Cup which the country hosted in 2017, has been placed under quarantine in Manipur.
“Boris has tested positive for Covid-19, his name has come in the latest list of those who has tested positive. He will be under quarantine,” a close relative of Boris told PTI from Imphal.