No exemptions for Bangalore Open tennis players
The Hindu
TAC says players and officials from high-risk nations will have to conform to protocols of testing and quarantine
The State’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has said that players and officials from high-risk countries who arrive for the Bangalore Open lawn tennis tournament cannot be exempted from protocols of testing and quarantine. However the tournament can be held with all COVID protocols.
The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA), which is planning to hold the Bangalore Open lawn tennis tournament from February 7 to February 20, had on January 6 written to the Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) seeking the above exemptions. The Association had said the players will be in a bubble between the hotel and the play court.
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