Rudy Gobert shared the latest on his continuing fight against the novel coronavirus and the news was a bit troubling. The Utah Jazz center said he has been struggling to smell in the past few days, which when medically confirmed is believed to be among the symptoms that will emerge when infected by COVID-19.
On Twitter, Gobert, whose coronavirus infection nearly two weeks ago led the NBA to suspend the season indefinitely, reported that "[I] haven't been able to smell anything for the last 4 days," which according to him is one of the symptoms of his condition.
The health update is in contradiction to an earlier heads up from the player that he was on his way to recovery. If the new information from Gobert will be the basis, it can be assumed for now that the Jazz star is still working hard to beat the killer virus, according to Clutch Points.
It has been more than 10 days since the league issued confirmation that Gobert is the NBA's first case of coronavirus and since his recovery appears not to be progressing as expected, his case can be considered as far from the mild zone. That should mean more work will be required before Gobert can finally beat out the bug.
Gobert losing his sense of smell was certainly caused by COVID-19 and according to Yahoo Sports, this will be among the symptoms that patients will struggle with apart from fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Health authorities in the UK called the specific condition as anosmia.
Out of the confirmed cases so far, around 30 percent have experienced anosmia when infected by the novel coronavirus, which is an indicator too that the condition is on a level that can be labeled as more serious but not exactly critical.
After Gobert, the NBA has been hit by new cases that saw more players getting the virus and the latest were the two players from the Los Angeles Lakers. Also, Kevin Durant admitted he contracted the bug and the Brooklyn Nets issued a statement that confirmed three more members of the team were infected.
Gobert's teammate, Donovan Mitchell, also caught the COVID-19 and the same thing happened to Christian Wood of the Detroit Pistons. All these cases not only forced the league to suspend the games but also to shut down all training and practice facilities in the hopes of arresting the spread of the coronavirus.
It remains unknown when the games will be played again but NBA commissioner Adam Silver has already hinted that restarting the season is in the cards even if it will mean playing behind closed doors.
