Pakistan-Australian cricketer Fawad Ahmed has increased his quarantine period after he again tested positive for coronavirus, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will conduct one more COVID-19 test of Fawad Ahmed on Wednesday (tomorrow). While the PCB is also waiting for the COVID-19 report of English cricketer Tom Banton and two others. 

It has been reported that foreign players can only fly back to their home countries once their coronavirus results come back negative. 

It may be recalled that on March 1, Pakistan Super League (PSL) match between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators was delayed after Fawad Ahmed tested positive for the coronavirus.

On Monday, The Pakistan Cricket Board decided to close down offices at its headquarters in Lahore after a senior official tested positive for Covid-19.

The PCB decided to adopt a safety-first approach soon after the official tested positive and asked its employees to work from home.

The Covid-19 case comes just a few days after the PCB was forced to postpone the Pakistan Super League in Karachi after six cricketers and a support staff tested positive for the disease.

Since the postponement, the board has faced stringent criticism about its handling of the bio-secure bubble and its implementation for the teams at the hotel and stadium here.

With many reports emerging of laxity shown by the medical personnel/officials in enforcing the bio-secure bubble, the PCB chairman, Ehsan Mani appointed an independent panel to probe as to what went wrong in the PSL bio-secure arrangements.

Their appointment came after the head of the PCB's medical and sports sciences department, Dr Sohail Saleem had submitted his resignation to the Chairman.