All members of Team Aster attending The International 10 have been infected with COVID-19.
This was announced by Tiffani ‘Oling’ Lim, chairperson of the IESF Players Committee in her Twitter account. Lim was referring to the words of former professional player and Team Aster co-founder Xu “BurNIng” Zhilei in her tweet.
According to @TeamAsterCN's co-founder BurNIng, all 10 members of Team Aster (including players) who are currently in Bucharest for #TI10 have tested positive for Covid.
— Tiffani 'Oling' Lim (@babyolingg) September 30, 2021
According to BurNIng, Team Aster came to TI with a 10-man roster. The team has at least a manager, a coach, and an assistant coach. All of them were infected with the coronavirus with 5 players of Team Aster.
Team Aster full roster
- Du “Monet” Peng
- Liu “DD斩首” Yuhao
- Lin “Xxs” Jing
- Ye “Borax” Zhibiao
- Zhang “LaNm” Zhicheng (coach)
- Cheng “Mad” Han (assistant coach)
- Yang “tou” Lin (manager)
- Xu “BurNIng” Zhilei (co-owner)
Invictus Gaming’s offlaner Thiay “JT-“Jun Wen has also been infected with COVID-19. All of the infected players are in isolation at the hotel and are feeling fine.
PSG.LGD’s management stated that none of the players are sick. The whole team is isolated in the hotel and no one leaves their rooms.
Also, Tiffani Lim said that some of the Chinese talent team will not come to Bucharest to cover The International 10. Instead, some of broadcasting team will stay in Shanghai and cover TI10 remotely.