All players test negative for COVID-19: CPL
Queen’s Park Oval cricket stadium, one of two stadia where the Caribbean Premier League
will be played in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Associated Press /Arnulfo Franco, File
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By Nelson A. King
The Caribbean Premier
League (CPL) announced last
Thursday that 162 people —
players, officials, and administrators
– who travelled to
Trinidad and Tobago for the
2020 tournament have tested
negative for the coronavirus
(COVID-19).
“They will now be kept in
quarantine in the official hotel
for 14 days during which time
they will be tested regularly,”
said the CPL in a statement.
“If any member of the party is
found to have contracted the
virus, they will be removed
from the hotel and placed in
further isolation in accordance
with the current protocols
in Trinidad and Tobago.
“But, as of now, all those
who have arrived in Trinidad
and Tobago are free from
COVID-19,” it added. “It has
been a colossal effort by all
involved to get everyone safely
into Trinidad and Tobago, and
we would like to thank everyone
for their hard work and
diligence.”
The CPL said its main priority
is “the health and wellbeing
of all those involved in
CPL and the wider population
in the host country.
“To have got through this
first step without any cases is
encouraging news, but we will
remain vigilant,” said Michael
Hall, CPL tournament operations
director.
NDTVSports said the CPL
is “all set to become the first
major cricket league to start
amid the coronavirus pandemic”
— from Aug. 18. The
final of the tournament will
be played on Sept. 10.
The entire tournament
will be played in Trinidad and
Tobago across two stadiums
— The Brian Lara Stadium
and the Queens Park Oval —
and behind closed doors.
All the overseas participants
will be tested for COVID-19
before departure and then
upon arrival, followed by two
more tests, which will be conducted
after a span of seven
and 14 days, NDTVSports
said.
It said the tournament will
take place in a bio-secure
environment, “with a series
of stringent protocols in place
to protect those involved in
the tournament and the wider
population from the spread of
the COVID-19 virus.”
The first match will see last
year’s runners-up, the Guyana
Amazon Warriors, taking on
the Trinbago Knight Riders
on Aug. 18.
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