Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen shared a tweet on Saturday, questioning why folks announce that they’ve examined positive for COVID-19. His tweet got here hours after batting legend Sachin Tendulkar introduced him being examined positive for the virus, which additionally noticed former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh becoming a member of the talk.
“Can someone please tell me, why you need to announce it to the world, that you have Covid?!” Pietersen wrote on Twitter. Yuvraj was fast to react to it as he responded again asking: “And how come you thought of this today and not before?”
Pietersen later clarified that he wasn’t aware of Tendulkar testing positive.
And how come you considered this at present and never earlier than ?
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) March 27, 2021
Just seen Sachin has it! Oops!
Sorry @sachin_rt , get higher quickly buddy!— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) March 27, 2021
Several others additionally identified the co-incidence of Pietersen’s tweet, which got here hours after Sachin’s announcement.
Since his tweet on this regard, Pietersen has been engaged in dialog along with his followers and in addition acknowledged that the query was simply out of curiosity and it was innocent.
“It was a pretty simple & harmless question, on why many people announce they have Covid on all sorts of SM platforms. The answer around informing people, so people who know they’ve been in contact with that person and must now get tested, makes perfect sense! Thank you!” Pietersen tweeted.
It was a reasonably easy & innocent query, on why many individuals announce they’ve Covid on all kinds of SM platforms.
The reply round informing folks, so individuals who know they’ve been involved with that particular person and should now get examined, makes good sense!
Thank you!
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) March 27, 2021
Tendulkar is at the moment self isolating and is followling all the mandatory COVID-19 protocols.
