Australia Diamonds defender Jo Weston tests positive to Covid ahead of Commonwealth Games

Australian netball’s Commonwealth Games preparations have been rocked with a Diamonds player testing positive to Covid in camp just two weeks out from their first game in Birmingham.

Jo Weston has tested positive to Covid just two weeks ahead of their first match at the Commonwealth Games.

Australia’s Commonwealth Games preparations have been rocked with Diamonds defender Jo Weston testing positive to Covid at the team’s training camp in Perth this week.

The Diamonds had gathered in Western Australia to begin their training for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games but Weston has now been ordered into seven days of isolation and won’t depart with the team when they leave for a staging camp in Manchester next week.

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The Vixens defender has mild symptoms and must serve her full time in isolation in Perth before she can fly out later next week to join her teammates in the UK.

“Jo is feeling well, which is the number one priority, and she is being closely supported by her Diamonds teammates, medical staff and support staff,” Netball Australia’s executive general manager of performance Stacey West said.

“The Diamonds athletes and support staff continue to follow robust protocols to protect their health and safety in the lead up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.”

Jo Weston (right) has tested positive to Covid just two weeks ahead of their first match at the Commonwealth Games.

Weston’s diagnosis could not come at a worse time for the Diamonds, with their first game just two weeks away, but containing the virus to just one athlete is crucial for the Australian team in a squad of 15 players.

Australia’s Suncorp Super Netball players have been dealing with the threat of Covid ripping through their squads all year but throughout the 2022 season most teams were able to contain the spread within camp to just a few players at a time.