Seven national athletes including five para-athletes were yesterday confirmed to be Covid-19 positive after undergoing swab tests before the start of their quarantine-based approach training.

The National Sports Council (MSN) said in a statement that those infected were two from athletics, two wheelchair tennis players, two wheelchair basketball players, one hearing-impaired tenpin bowling athlete and one boccia official.

MSN director-general Ahmad Shapawi Ismail (above) said the individuals detected positive had been isolated pending further action by the Health Ministry...