Greater than 20,000 coronavirus checks might be carried out throughout the virus-hit Indian Premier League, the Twenty20 event’s medical companion stated Thursday. The world’s richest cricket league, beginning on September 19, is being held in United Arab Emirates this yr due to the pandemic, and certain with no spectators. Many of the 200 gamers from the eight groups arrived final month and spent six days in isolation of their lodge rooms. They had been examined for the coronavirus on their arrival after which once more two days later. After a remaining check two days after that they moved right into a safe “bio-bubble”.
The identical guidelines apply for help workers, match umpires, officers from organisers the Board of Management for Cricket in India and others, who collectively quantity a number of hundred.
VPS healthcare, the event’s Abu Dhabi-based official medical companion, stated Wednesday that 3,500 checks have been finished to this point.
“Through the course of the event, we might be conducting over 20,000 checks,” a spokesman instructed AFP.
“The motion of the gamers and different officers of the IPL are strictly restricted between the lodge and the stadium,” the spokesman stated.
The organisers received off to a rocky begin quickly after the groups landed within the UAE final month with two gamers and 11 officers and workers from the Chennai Tremendous Kings testing optimistic.
Two Chennai gamers together with senior batsman Suresh Raina and veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh have opted out since as a consequence of “private causes”.
Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians), Jason Roy (Delhi Capitals) of England additionally pulled out whereas Australian fast Kane Richardson withdrew for the beginning of his first little one.
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The event kicks off with Chennai Tremendous Kings taking over defending champions Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi.
In all, 24 matches might be held in Dubai, 20 in Abu Dhabi and 12 in Sharjah.
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