Sourav Ganguly in home quarantine after brother Snehasish Ganguly tests COVID-19 positive

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was placed under home quarantine on Wednesday after his brother and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Secretary Snehasish Ganguly tested positive for COVID-19.

As per reports, Snehasish Ganguly has been admitted to Kolkata's Belle Vue hospital. A CAB official told PTI that Snehasish was suffering from fever for the last few days and his reports declared him COVID-19 positive on Wednesday evening. 

Earlier in June, PTI reported that Snehashish Ganguly's wife had tested positive for COVID-19 quoting the West Bengal Health Department. As per reports, his mother-in-law and father-in-law had also tested positive for the disease. Snehasish had shifted to their ancestral house in Behala after that. The BCCI chief and his brother live in the same compound. 

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Eden Gardens turned into Quarantine Centre

In an attempt to bolster quarantine facilities amid the COVID-19 crisis, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has granted Kolkata Police the permission to set up a makeshift quarantine centre at the Eden Gardens. The Bengal board has offered the E, F, G, and H blocks for the same initially and some parts of the J Block as well if required. 

Earlier, it was also reported that Mumbai's Wankhede stadium would be used as a quarantine centre. However, State Minister Aaditya Thackeray refuted the report citing that it would be problematic during the monsoons. 

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