Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
By Tom Archdeacon
As the COVID 19 pandemic spreads across the globe, the U.S. State Department announced Thursday it was issuing a Level 4 travel advisory — its most severe warning — for all international travelers.
It a nutshell, it told all Americans abroad to return to the United States immediately or shelter in place.
For Matt and Samantha Vest — former Wright State athletes living in Jens, Germany where Matt plays professional basketball — there was no need to choose.
“We can’t get on a plane now, my wife’s about to go into labor any day now,” Vest said by phone. “Her due date is March 27.
“And besides, we want to keep everything just as we had it planned here. We’ve got our doctors here in Germany and we know the hospital. We’re all prepared.”
Vest, in his sixth season of pro basketball in Germany, is a 6-foot-5 guard for Science City Jena, part of the 16 team ProA (Tier 2) league. On Monday — following the cancellation of a game over the weekend in Ehingen in southern Germany — it was announced the league was cancelling the remainder of the season.
