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All England Open: Indonesia out of All England Open badminton because of Covid-19 | Badminton News – Times of India

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Badminton powerhouse Indonesia have been “withdrawn” from the prestigious All England Open after British health authorities instructed the team to self-isolate for 10 days, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Wednesday.
The team was told to isolate because a person on its flight to England for the five-day championships, which started behind closed doors in Birmingham on Wednesday, tested positive for Covid-19.
“Team members from the Indonesian team have been contacted by the UK Government’s National Health Service (NHS) Test and Trace service and are required to self-isolate with immediate effect,” the BWF said in a statement.

“All Indonesian players will not be able to compete in the current or next round of the tournament and have therefore been withdrawn from the All England Open 2021.”
The results of matches already played would stand, the BWF added, with anyone drawn against an Indonesian player or doubles pairing receiving a walkover into the next round.
Indonesians Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Jonatan Christie were the fourth and fifth seeds in the men’s singles with the latter winning his first-round match against Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn on Wednesday.
The BWF said earlier on Wednesday the tournament would take place with a full complement of players after delaying the start of play to allow the re-testing of some player samples for COVID-19.
The retests were carried out after doubts were raised about the accuracy of the original batches of tests submitted by Badminton England.

“The outcome of the retest was deemed accurate and appropriate to use by Public Health England today,” the BWF said in a statement.
“All individuals who had returned an inconclusive or positive test previously are now negative for COVID-19 and cleared to resume their participation in the tournament.”
No teams from China, Taiwan or South Korea are taking part in the Super 1000 tournament because of travel restrictions and health concerns.



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Black-browed Babbler Bird That Was Supposedly Extinct 170 Years Ago Spotted in Indonesia

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A bird last seen more than 170 years ago in the rainforests of Borneo has been rediscovered, amazing conservationists who have long assumed it was extinct.

The black-browed babbler has only ever been documented once – when it was first described by scientists around 1848 – eluding all subsequent efforts to find it.

But late last year, two men in Indonesian Borneo saw a bird they did not recognise and snapped photos of it before releasing the palm-sized creature back into the forest, according to Global Wildlife Conservation.

Ornithologists were astounded to find that the black-browed babbler was alive and well, despite not having been seen since before Charles Darwin published On The Origin Of Species.

“It was a bit like a ‘Eureka!’ moment,” said Mr Panji Gusti Akbar, lead author of a paper on the discovery published on Thursday (Feb 25) in the journal BirdingASIA.

“This bird is often called ‘the biggest enigma in Indonesian ornithology’. It’s mind-blowing to think that it’s not extinct and it’s still living in these lowland forests.”

Little is known about the creature with brown and grey feathers, which has been “missing” longer than any other Asian bird, according to the paper.

Researchers hoped to go back to the area where it was recently spotted, but Covid-19 travel restrictions could slow the effort.

“There is now a critical window of opportunity for conservationists to secure these forests to protect the babbler and other species,” said Mr Ding Li Yong, a co-author on the paper and a Singapore-based conservationist with BirdLife International.

More than 150 species of birds around the world are considered “lost”, with no confirmed sightings in the past decade, conservationists say.

“Discoveries like this are incredible and give us so much hope that it’s possible to find other species that have been lost to science for decades or longer,” said Mr Barney Long, Global Wildlife Conservation’s senior director of species conservation.



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