Next round of I-League matches postponed after positive Covid-19 cases

I-League
to
be
suspended?
7
players
from
Real
Kashmir,
Mohmmedan,
Deccan
FC
test
Covid
positive

With
reportedly
seven
players
testing
positive,
Subrata
Dutta,
senior
vice
president
of
All
India
Football
Federation
(AIFF),
and
Chairman,
League
Committee
chaired
an
emergency
AIFF
League
Committee
Meeting
held
via
video
conferencing
on
Wednesday,
to
decide
the
fate
of
the
ongoing
season.

Besides,
AIFF
General
Secretary
Kushal
Das
and
League
CEO
Sunando
Dhar,
Lalnghinglova
Hmar,
Chirag
Tanna,
Rochak
Langer
attended
the
meeting.
Dr.
Harsh
Mahajan,
a
Padma
Shri,
a
member
of
the
AIFF
Sports
Medical
Committee
was
also
present
as
a
special
invitee,
as
was
Abhishek
Yadav,
Deputy
General
Secretary,
AIFF.

The
Committee
deliberated
at
length
about
the
current
situation
wherein
positive
cases
have
been
detected
among
participating
teams
in
the
ongoing
Hero
I-League
2021-22,
and
also
took
into
serious
consideration
Dr.
Mahajan’s
suggestions
to
adhere
to
medical
parameters,
and
move
forward
together
without
making
any
compromise
on
the
health
of
the
players
which
is
of
paramount
importance.

Mahajan,
informed
that
there
needs
to
be
bare
minimum
contact
among
all
for
the
next
5-7
days
as
studies
indicate
that
both
the
Delta
and
Omicron
variant
can
be
passed
onto
other
human
bodies
within
the
period.

Acting
on
the
advice,
the
Committee
hence,
unanimously
decided
to
postpone
the
Hero
I-League
2021-22
matches
for
the
next
round
which
were
scheduled
on
December
30-31,
2021.

All
players,
staff,
and
referees
have
already
been
tested
on
Wednesday,
and
will
be
tested
again
on
January
1
and
January
3,
2022
respectively.
The
League
will
review
the
situation
once
all
test
results
come
in
on
January
4,
2022,
and
reach
a
consensus
thereafter
including
the
next
round
matches
on
Jan
4-5.

Meanwhile,
all
the
players
who
have
tested
positive
have
already
been
moved
to
isolation
with
AIFF
monitoring
and
arranging
for
subsequent
regular
medical
consultations.

Source:
AIFF