Olympic gold-winning sprinter Usain Bolt on Monday confirmed that he had tested positive for Covid-19.
The eight-time Olympic champion in a video posted to social media confirmed that he had tested positive for Covid-19 along with a few friends.
“Good morning everybody. I’m confirmed of Covid-19. I did a test on Saturday,” he said.
Bolt had tested positive shortly after the sprinter celebrated his 34th birthday in Jamaica.
Nationwide90fm, a radio station in Jamaica, had reported that Bolt along with Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling had been infected.
“[I’m] trying to be responsible so I’m going to stay in, and stay away from my friends. And also, I am having no symptoms, so I am going to quarantine myself,” Bolt said.
“I will wait and see what is the protocol and how should I go about quarantining myself, from the Ministry of Health. Just to be safe, I have quarantined myself, and just to take it easy. Be safe over there,” he said in the video.
According to the daily mail, Bolt had held a birthday party on August 21 which was attended by West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle, Sterling and Leon Bailey.
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