Prior to the group’s flight to England, the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Director of Medical and Sports Sciences, Dr. Sohail Saleem, has said that the visit is a major hazard.
The group leaves for England on 28th June by means of a uniquely contracted flight and ten cricketers including Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Wahab Riaz and Shadab Khan have all tried positive for COVID-19.
Discussing the up and coming visit, Dr. Sohail stated:
During the pandemic, it’s a major hazard. We haven’t encountered (playing during a pandemic), however for the two groups, it will be a first. The pandemic methods hazard, however think about them (players) as giving individuals amusement.
Regardless of the way that worldwide games are occurring in secret, these can give fans genuinely necessary diversion and confidence support.
There’s no group in football and there will be no observers at cricket arenas, as well. The tension degree of individuals sitting at home is rising, yet cricket can be viewed as bringing down these.
Dr. Sohail said that players will experience customary testing after each 5-7 days on the visit. The group will remain in isolate for 14 days in the wake of arriving in the United Kingdom before continuing preparing in a nearby air pocket.
None of the players will associate with any outcast and the families are additionally not permitted to go with the players. On the off chance that any player tests positive on the visit, he will be isolated right away.
The instructional course in Pakistan was additionally dropped on Dr. Sohail’s suggestion since it was difficult to accomplish a bio-secure condition because of a flood in coronavirus cases.