For the second time this year, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) felt tremors of Covid-19 fears yesterday (26) as one of the close contacts of a highly-placed official in SLC headquarters at Maitland Place, Colombo has been found to have tested positive for the deadly virus.

The said official has reportedly visited the Pallekele Stadium where the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was held from last Wednesday (21). Whether this official had breached the bio-security bubble in Pallekele or whether he has not gone to the close proximity of the players, officials, or the individuals, was not clear when we filed this report last evening.

About a dozen of close contacts of the above mentioned SLC employee, who had been working in the same office of the said SLC official (who is allegedly have visited Pallekele during the weekend), have been instructed to do PCR Tests and further refrain from reporting to work until they are cleared.

In January too there was a Covid-19 fear at SLC when a staffer had tested positive prompting the SLC management to ask all its staff to work from home and only the essential employees were asked to report to work.

It was only during the last weekend that at least three members of the Pallekele ground staff tested positive for Covid-19. About 15 people were requested to go for isolation as result.

Among others who had been infected with coronavirus last week is SLC’s Physical Performance Manager Grant Luden, who was employed by SLC early this year, sources further revealed to the Morning Sports.