Beijing time on February 15 news, the Chinese Basketball Association released a message today, in the team before returning to china in the routine nucleic acid test, found that 2 people tested positive, the whole team immediately carried out local isolation, postponed the return plan.
The official announcement of the Chinese Basketball Association said that the team had previously successfully qualified for the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup with a result of winning the first place in the group in three games. However, in the routine test before returning home, 2 people in the team tested positive for nucleic acid, and the other 24 people tested negative.
After the emergence of positive cases, the Chinese Basketball Association launched an emergency plan at the first time, providing full support and protection from the psychological, medical and life aspects. At the same time, FIBA and the Serbian Embassy were contacted and received strong support and assistance.
After the positive personnel appeared in the team, Yao Ming video-connected with each member of the team at the first time to express concern and respect. At the same time, Yao Ming promised the Chinese women's basketball team that all the team members would go home safely and bring them to their families.
From February 10 to 13, local time, the Chinese women's basketball team played three World Cup qualifying matches, and the women's basketball girls won all the games, defeating Nigeria, Mali and France respectively to qualify for this year's World Cup finals.