Image Source : GETTY IMAGES England will not finish tour to Sri Lanka in case of COVID optimistic outcome: Joe Root
England captain Joe Root has stated {that a} Covid-19 optimistic check outcome on tour of Sri Lanka won’t imply an automated finish of the tour and that his facet should handle to finish the tour even when there are any instances.
England had curtailed their tour of South Africa lately with the ODI sequence being referred to as following some optimistic instances amongst South African gamers.
“I don’t think it (a positive test result) will end in an automatic end of the tour,” stated Root forward of the two-Test tour that begins on January 14.
“They are decisions that have to be made by the medical staff and the people entrusted in making those decisions. I don’t think it’s a player decision even though guys have the opportunity to opt out if they don’t feel safe. All we’ve got to do is make sure we follow the guidelines as best as possible, if we do that we’ll give ourselves the best chance of that not being a situation. Albeit we know the protocols if something was to happen.”
Root stated that they should be sensible sufficient to simply accept Covid-19 instances arising throughout excursions as a norm.
“The reality is, look around the rest of the world, Pakistan in New Zealand, teams have had to deal with cases on tour. That might be the case for us, if so we have to manage it as best as possible.”
Root’s feedback come after South Africa’s chief medical officer Dr Shuaib Manjra referred to as on England and different international locations to simply accept tempered bio-bubble fashions because the one adopted by England final yr whereas organising the house summer time was costly and never possible for all nations.
