Shakib-Mustafiz's quarantine period might minimize
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According to the Bangladesh government, all inbound passengers must undergo a 14-day quarantine period. However, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, CEO of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), claimed that the procedure is not the same for athletes, Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman's quarantine period might get shorten.
Shakib and Mustafiz arrived in the country last Thursday via a chartered flight after the suspension of IPL, the duo is waiting to join the Bangladesh team at the end of the 14-day institutional quarantine.
All inbound passengers will be required to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine period under the government-mandated Covid protocol. However, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, the CEO of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), stated that the general protocol is not intended to apply to athletes.
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“In International cricket, a different protocol is followed. The Covid protocols followed by our country or any other country is for general people. This means it [the Covid protocol] is for people who come to the country by passenger flight after receiving a Covid negative certificate. And then they undergo the government-mandated 14-day quarantine.”
"However, the participants of different sports events return to the country after already maintaining a certain protocol. After undergoing a [Covid] test [prior to boarding their flight back home] they need to undergo a certain number of further [Covid] tests [after returning to the country] within a given timeframe. And only after returning negative results in all these tests, the players are allowed to participate in any event. So, this protocol [for athletes] is not only for Bangladesh but it's a protocol followed worldwide," said Nizamuddin.
Shakib-Mustafiz were included in the preliminary squad for the Sri Lanka series, the first ODI is set to be played on May 23 after practicing for one or two days. The second and third ODIs will be played on May 25 and 26.
