Marcus Smart coronavirus update: Celtics star urges people to take its impact seriously

Boston Celtics star Marcus Smart tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday (Friday IST). While Celtics did t reveal name of player who has been infected, Marcus Smart shared a Twitter video to reveal his condition to his fans. Smart is one out of 10 NBA players with coronavirus. 

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In interview, Smart revealed that he was surprised when his tests came back positive as he showed symptoms at all. However, being diagsed made him more aware of situation. Even before testing positive, Smart was taking self-isolation seriously, especially after Celtics road trip.

He added that he feels self-isolation is key to curb virus, but people, especially ir generation, has t been taking it as seriously as y should be. As virus can be asymptomatic, one can never kw who has virus. His current focus is keeping himself and everyone around him safe and is ready to put virus behind him. In end, he asked everyone to keep positive, even if y have COVID-19.  

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