The former off-spinner Majid Haq, in a tweet, announced that he is recovering from the aforementioned virus and thanked everyone for supporting him in this difficult time.
‘‘Looking forward to potentially getting back home today after testing positive with Coronavirus. Staff at the RAH in Paisley have been good to me & thank you to everyone who has sent me messages of support. Insha Allah the Panther will be back to full health soon,’’ Haq tweeted.
Looking forward to potentially getting back home today after testing positive with Coronavirus. Staff at the RAH in Paisley have been good to me & thank you to everyone who has sent me messages of support. Insha Allah the Panther will be back to full health soon.
Haq represented Scotland in 54 One-day Internationals (ODIs) and 24 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) between 2006 and 2015.
The 37-year-old last played for Scotland at the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Both Cricket Scotland and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced that recreational cricket would be suspended indefinitely in light of the coronavirus outbreak. ECB has also announced that no professional cricket will take place in England and Wales till May 28 in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Close to 4,000 confirmed cases have been reported so far in UK and around 180 people have died. In Scotland, around 300 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in Scotland.