Badminton: No handshakes, only 'namastes' for top Indian shuttler on virus caution


FILE PHOTO: File Photo of P.V. Sindhu (IND), during her 2016 Rio Olympics Badminton Women's Singles Gold Medal Match, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Top Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu will not be shaking hands during next week's All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham and use the traditional 'Namaste' greeting instead following the coronavirus outbreak, the 24-year-old has said.

More than 106,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and 3,600 have died from it, according to a Reuters tally of government announcements.

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