BCCI Must Seek the advice of Government Ahead of Sending Cricket Workforce to South Africa, Says Anurag Thakur | Cricket Information

Anurag Thakur, the Union Minister for Adolescence Affairs and Sports activities on Saturday stated that the Board of Regulate for Cricket in India (BCCI) must seek the advice of the federal government sooner than sending the cricket staff to South Africa the place a brand new COVID-19 variant has emerged.

The International Well being Organisation on Friday alarmed the siren amongst international locations after a brand new variant of COVID-19 was once categorized in South Africa, the Swiss Federal Administrative center of Public Well being (FOPH) stated in a remark.

“Now not simplest BCCI, however each board must additionally seek the advice of the Indian govt sooner than sending the staff to a rustic the place a brand new COVID-19 variant has emerged. It’s not proper to ship the staff to a rustic the place there’s a danger, if BCCI consults us we can planned on that,” Thakur instructed ANI in Baghpat.

India is slated to excursion South Africa subsequent month for 3 Exams, 3 ODIs and 4 T20Is. The excursion is slated to start out on December 17.

The International Well being Organisation (WHO) on Saturday named the brand new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, which has been detected in South Africa, as ‘Omicron’.

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This got here after the WHO held a gathering to speak about the newly-identified COVID-19 variant. “The just lately found out variant of coronavirus B.1.1.529 is of outrage. It has extra mutations than science is aware of about different alarming variants. The WHO has assessed this new variant as worrisome,” the remark stated.

This variant has been labelled as B.1.1.529 through scientists. WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier stated after the assembly that early research displays that this variant has numerous mutations that require and can go through additional learn about.