While the eight franchises bore the cost of testing in India, the BCCI is picking up the tab for the RT-PCR tests which have been conducted from August 20 when the teams started landing in the UAE. The Indian cricket board has budgeted nearly Rs 10 crore for more than 20,000 COVID-19 tests to be conducted during the Indian Premier League, starting September 19.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have engaged with VPS Healthcare, a UAE based company to conduct the tests. While I can\u2019t put a number, it will be more than 20,000 tests which would include everyone. Each test would cost BCCI around 200 AED (Dirham) excluding taxes,\u201d a senior IPL official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the BCCI will be spending something in the tune of Rs 10 crore for the COVID-19 tests. Around 75 healthcare workers who are part of the company are a part of the IPL testing process.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe couldn\u2019t have taken the risk. A separate bio-bubble has been created by the company in a hotel. Around 50 of its health care staff are attached to the testing process while another 25 are engaged in lab and documentation work,\u201d he informed. \u201cThe BCCI is however not paying for this bio-bubble and hotel expenses which will be borne by the company.\u201d<\/p>\n
The BCCI doesn\u2019t want to leave anything to chance as far as the safety of players and officials is concerned and the healthcare workers have been put in a separate hotel.<\/p>\n
A total of 1988 COVID-19 tests were carried out between August 20-28 across all those involved with the tournament, including players and support staff. CSK were forced to extend their quarantine after 13 members of their contingent tested positive, including two players in India seamer Deepak Chahar and A team batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad. However, as on Tuesday, all 13 members of the contingent, who had tested positive have returned negative test results.<\/p>\n
Another COVID-19 test will be conducted on September 3 and if those results turn out negative, CSK will be allowed to start with their training as early as on September 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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