Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns announced that he tested positive for coronavirus over Instagram on Friday.
The NBA player, 25, was particularly crestfallen about his judgment as his mother, 59-year-old Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, died from the COVID-19 complications on April 13.
‘Before tonight’ s game, I got another terrible call that I made positive for COVID, ‘Towns wrote.
‘I will dismiss you immediately and follow all protocols. I pray every day that this nightmare of virus will go down and I urge everyone to continue to take it by taking every precaution. essential. ‘
Pushing through: Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 over Twitter on Friday; see on 13 January
He continued: ‘It breaks my heart that my family, and especially my father and sister, are suffering from the confusion that comes with this judgment because we know very well what the outcome will be. could be. ‘
Speaking directly to his niece and nephew, the athlete promised to ‘not being in a box next to grandma ‘and this will’ affect ‘. ‘
‘Praying for your child. You got this. God has found you, ‘said Township lover Jordyn Woods as he continued to help her husband mourn the deaths of seven of his relatives, due to COVID-19, since March.
Heartbeat post: Speaking directly to his niece and nephew, the athlete promised not to be ‘in a box next to grandma’ and to ‘overcome this’
‘Praying for your child. You got this. God has found you, ‘said her lover, as he continued to help her husband mourn the deaths of seven of his relatives, thanks to COVID-19
His news came shortly after the NBA announced that Friday’s game between the visiting Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies was postponed due to the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
Last month, in an interview with ESPN about the upcoming NBA season, Towns talked about ‘seeing’ a lot of chests in the last seven months.
‘I’ve been through a lot, obviously starting with my mum,’ Towns said. ‘Last night I found out I had lost my uncle. I feel a little hardened by life and humbled. ‘
Tragic: Last month, Towns revealed that he has lost seven families to COVID-19, including his mother, pictured above with him in 2016
He did not say who the other family members died.
The NBA star said he is still trying to process his mother’s death while he looks to protect the rest of his family from the chronic pandemic.
His father, Karl Sr., also tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year but has recovered.
Towns, pictured above with Jacqueline’s mother and Karl Sr.’s father, appeared. that another six of the family died of COVID-19 from a mother in April
‘I have a lot of people who have received – in my family and in my mother’ s family – COVID. I’m the one who’s still looking for answers, trying to figure out how to keep them healthy.
‘I have a great responsibility to keep my family informed and make all the necessary moves to keep them alive,’ he said.
Jacqueline Cruz-Towns’ mother-in-law died on April 13 at the age of 58 after being put on an air conditioner for 19 days.
Jacqueline Towns-Cruz, pictured with Karl, rarely misses one of her son’s games
Weeks earlier, he shared an emotional post to Instagram on March 25 in which he wrote that she was on a ventilator and in a coma induced medically as a result of COVID-19.
‘We need more equipment and we need to help those medical staff on the front lines,’ he wrote with the video.
He continued: ‘Thank you to the medical staff who help my mother. You are all true heroes! Praying for all of us at this difficult time. ‘
Towns subsequently donated $ 100,000 to the Mayo Clinic to help test patients for COVID-19.
Towns is pictured with family in 2016. He said Friday that he has been working to keep them safe from the pandemic since the death of his mother, pictured left, in April.
Towns later confirmed her death with an engaging video showing her beside him at games, a press conference and TV shows.
His mother had been a regular presence throughout the heyday of his career, and fans often cheered for his commitment to supporting his son from the crowd.
The basketball star said he felt compelled to share his mother’s story, detailing how he cared for her on social media, so that others could better understand the impact the pandemic.
He and Woods, whose father died in 2017 after being diagnosed with cancer, ‘bound to lose a parent at a very young age’ after years of friendship.
Support system: He and Woods, whose father died in 2017 after being diagnosed with cancer, were ‘bound to lose a parent at a very young age’ after years of friendship
‘The right person will take a lot out of you,’ she told Extra about the relationship last year. ‘We’ve been friends for a long time.’
Woods was previously linked with Tristan Thompson, having been spotted as a calm NBA player in the wee hours of the morning at his home in Los Angeles in January of 2019.
At the time, Thompson was in a relationship with KUWTK star and Khloé Kardashian’s baby mum, who has been reconciled with him ever since. The pair are aiming to raise their daughter True, two.
As a result of the situation Woods fell out with the famous family, marking the end of her long-standing relationship with Kylie Jenner, 23.
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