The IPL teams will observe a six-day quarantine period upon reaching Dubai, this has been decided in the IPL team owners’ meeting on Wednesday. “We can’t take chances on health issues and team members will observe a six-day quarantine period,” an IPL franchise official said.
As per the Dubai government health protocol, a PCR test needs to be done within 96 hours before embarking and take one after reaching there. Only those tested positive will be quarantined for 14 days.
Downloading the ALHOSN App, the official digital platform for Covid-19 testing in United Arab Emirates, however, is mandatory. The teams, though, want to play safe. All of them have decided to leave for Dubai after August 20 and hold their respective camps in UAE.