Coronavirus: Angus Ng’s Covid-19 nightmare continues as he tests positive at Hong Kong International Airport
- City’s top badminton player was given all clear to leave Switzerland, only to find himself in isolation on returning home
- Ng must now spend a minimum of 7 days in quarantine, putting his Asian Championship hopes in doubt
Angus Ng Ka-long has again tested positive for Covid-19, and this time it was when he arrived at Hong Kong International Airport over the weekend.
The city’s top badminton player has repeatedly tested positive for the virus over the past several weeks, including last Thursday, a result that was expected to have stopped him leaving Switzerland where he has been stuck.
Ng though travelled to the airport in Basel anyway, and got a negative test before flying home. That relief was short-lived however, when he again failed a test on arrival on Saturday.
Aside from the frustration of not being fully recovered, Ng’s isolation in a government quarantine facility has put his chances of playing at the Asian Championships later this month in doubt.
“I am feeling OK here and I don’t need any medical support,” Ng said. “Everything is normal except that I have a little bit of coughing at the moment.”
The world No 11 first tested positive after his second-round exit at the All England Open in mid-March, forcing him to withdraw from the Swiss Open the following week, and a second positive result tested in Basel arrived the day before his flight to Hong Kong.
Ng frustrations after his latest test boiled over in an Instagram post where called the result “a bolt from the blue”.