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Team Proteas doctor Shuaib Manjra is concerned about a possible rupture of the team’s biosecurity ‘bubble’.
Manjra expressed his concerns after the first one-day international match against England was postponed because a Proteas player tested positive for COVID-19.
Proteas medical team investigates a possible infraction
The team will conduct further testing on Saturday before the ODI scheduled in Paarl on Sunday.
The team doctor did not want to speculate on the possibility of further postponements or possible cancellations.
However, South Africa’s natal summer seems to be in jeopardy as questions arise about the ability to maintain a biosecure environment.
“We will reassess all of our players and hotel staff on Saturday and await the results and determine a course of action,” Manjra said on Friday, December 4.
“This test has surprised us because we were confident in the biosecure environment.”
Manjra said the team’s management is investigating the possibility that the bubble has burst due to negligence or non-compliance with health protocols.
“There has been some type of infraction that we have investigated in great detail to try to determine where this happened, talking to the player and looking at the images from the security cameras.”
Moving On Series
Manjra admitted that England’s field has expressed concern about the situation and says that medical teams have been in consultation.
“England is questioning the confidence they have in the biosecurity environment, and with good reason. We respect that concern and have met with the medical teams from England, ”he said.
England cricket
Ashley Giles, general manager of the England touring cricket team, said the health and safety of her players and management were the number one priority. England are confident the series will be completed, but the deadline is tight and players will be eager to get home and complete the quarantine before the holiday season.
“The England game will remain at its base in Cape Town on Friday and Saturday and we are hopeful that the three-game series will be played before departing next Thursday,” Giles said in a statement.
Manjra dismissed the rumor that at least one Proteas player had left the hotel or hotel without prior authorization.
“I can state categorically that no player could leave the hotel environment,” said the doctor. He said there was tight security, supervised by a colonel from the South African Police Service: “It is impossible to go out except in an official vehicle with an official driver.”
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