Calling for calm, BAM have reassured that the Malaysia Open is still on track despite the India Open being called off by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
BWF announced on Monday that the India Open, scheduled for May 11-15 in New Delhi, could no longer be held on those dates due to a spike in Covid-19 cases.
The pandemic in India has led to over 200,000 cases daily, and several Indian cities, including New Delhi, were also under lockdown over the past weekend.
In fact, even before BWF decided to put a stop to the Indian meet, several top players such as Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin, World No 6 Ratchanok Intanon, World No 3 Anders Antonsen and World No 12 Rasmus Gemke had also pulled out from the India Open due to the Covid-19 scare.
The India Open was one of the last three Olympic qualifying events apart from the Malaysia Open (May 25-30) and Singapore Open (June 1-6).
There is reasonable cause for concern as to the fate of the Malaysia Open as the country has also seen a spike in Covid-19 cases.
On top of it, six BAM players tested positive for Covid-19 last week, resulting in the Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM) being shut down.
BAM secretary general Datuk Kenny Goh agreed with BWF's decision to postpone the India Open, but he believes it is too soon to jump to conclusion on the Malaysia Open.
"I believe it was a logical move by BWF to postpone the India Open as the safety and health of the players are of the utmost importance," said Kenny.
"But having said that, the Malaysia Open is still very much on track for the scheduled dates.
"We are working closely with the various agencies to ensure that everything will be in order when the time comes.
"Of course, it's still a lot of speculation on whether the top players will come but we can only focus on our end.
"In fact, we haven't even received the entries for the Malaysia Open, so we can't tell for sure who is coming and who isn't."
The entry deadline for the Malaysia Open was yesterday.
It would be a double blow if the Malaysia Open were to be called off as it is supposed to be the first international competition that allows fans attendance.
The postponement of the India Open means the Malaysia and Singapore Opens are the only two competitions left to secure Olympic qualifying points.
That is grim news for the likes of men's doubles Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong, Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi and mixed pairs Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie and Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing who are falling behind on Olympic qualifying points.