Billiards player Pankaj Advani tests Covid-positive after feeling feverish for 2 days

Snooker and billiards player Pankaj Advani confirmed on Monday that he had tested positive for Covid-19.

In a post on Twitter, the ace cueist said that he had been feeling feverish and was shivering for the last two days. He said he had isolated himself and was under home quarantine.

The Padma Shri-awardee also requested people who recently came in contact with him to get tested.


"Please stay safe and follow Covid protocols," he concluded his post.

In a statement to PTI, the 36-year-old said that he had been following all Covid restrictions but still got infected. "We all have to be extra careful in this third wave of COVID. I have taken medicines and I think it'll take a week for me to recover and get back to my normal routine," he added.

A source close to the player told PTI that the world snooker champion woke up with fever and uncontrollable shivering in the morning. To confirm his diagnosis, he took a home Covid test and the results indicated he was positive.

The champion player gave a brilliant performance in the 64th National Billiards Championship which was recently held in Bhopal and won the National Billiards title.

After his win, Advani was preparing to compete in the IBSF World Snooker Championship, which was originally scheduled to take place in January. But the rising cases of COVID-19 has led to a postponement of the championship to March.

Mumbai has been badly affected by the pandemic and reported 19,474 positive cases on Sunday.