All the Indian sportspersons which have reached Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games beginning right here on Thursday and have been accommodated within the completely different villages unfold throughout the West Midlands space have cleared the Covid-19 assessments carried out on their arrival.
The Games have been hit by a spate of Covid constructive circumstances with greater than a dozen constructive circumstances every day in the previous few days.
With extra athletes and group officers reaching right here on Wednesday night, the organizing committee of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Games Federation officers have defended the measures taken by them.
The Birmingham 2022 Games are being held with very relaxed Covid-19 protocols with solely the sportspersons and help employees requested to endure a polymerase chain response (PCR) check earlier than departure and one other after arrival in Birmingham.
“All our players have cleared the tests, there is no positive case in the Indian Contingent,” knowledgeable Rajesh Bhandari, Chef de Mission of the Indian group on Wednesday night.
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He mentioned all of the gamers have been made to endure PCR assessments pre-departure and likewise on arrival and have all been cleared.
Two ladies cricketers together with high pacer Pooja Vastraker had examined constructive in assessments carried out earlier than the group’s departure and have been made it to serve isolation in Bengalore.
The Games directors had reported round dozen positives in the previous few days as round 1400 sportspersons reached the second largest metropolis within the United Kingdom for the Games. However, they expressed confidence that the organising committee’s method to the spate of constructive circumstances.
According to a report within the web site insidethegames.com, Peter Harcourt, medical advisor for the CGF revealed that “Birmingham 2022 has been experiencing a dozen cases a day” in the previous few days as athletes attain town.
The web site mentioned the Birmingham 2022 organising committee’s Covid-19 coverage has been questioned by some main group officers, however Harcourt has defended the measures carried out by the organisers.
“We are in the middle of a really tough time in the pandemic. It’s complex, it’s changing all the time. I am pretty happy with the way things are here,” Harcourt was quoted as saying within the report.
“They have done an excellent job. We hvae lots of testing coming in so we can address the issue and keep the competition going. I am really confident that we are going to be managing Covid risk well,” he added.
The United Kingdom authorities has eliminated all journey restrictions for individuals travelling to the nation for the Commonwealth Games.
It was additionally reported that the organising committee would deal with the constructive circumstances “case by case”, with every testing particular person present process a danger evaluation earlier than deciding whether or not they need to be positioned in isolation.
The report mentioned that they’re considering the vaccination standing of the members and their earlier check information to determine whether or not to ship them to the village or the quarantine lodge.
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