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Caribbean cricketing body Cricket West Indies (CWI) keeping in mind the latest developments in the region, following the spread of coronavirus, has suspended all of its tournaments for the next 30 days.

This precautionary measure comes after confirmed coronavirus cases came to the fore in the region and CWI’s Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) has decided to halt any cricketing activities for the time being.

The ruling also applies to CWI’s face to face group meetings, so for a month, there won’t be any administrative meetings held either.

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After this decision, the tournaments that will have to be rescheduled are the Regional Under 15s Boys Championship, Regional Under 19s Girls Championship and the final two rounds of the West Indies Championship which was due to be played from March 26th onwards.

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Cricket West Indies take precautionary measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus:

CWI’s Cheif Medical Officer, Israel Dowlat released a statement on Saturday confirming the news.

He informed, “The health and safety of our players, officials and staff, are of paramount importance to CWI and we have advised the Board of Directors to take proactive policy steps to decrease the growing risk of contamination and spread of the virus.”

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Meanwhile, the Medical Advisory Committee’s chairman Donovan Benett issued a separate statement, wherein he spoke about how the body is taking necessary precautions to fight the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

“We are acting based on medical best practice as well as in an abundance of caution. The ongoing gathering of even small groups of spectators, cricketers and match officials could pose a risk to some persons of contracting the virus and being stranded in quarantine in a non-resident country for a prolonged period,” said Benett. 

 

He further added, “Clearly this pandemic is still evolving, and we will continue to monitor the situation throughout the Caribbean.”

Moreover, the CWI has instructed all the local cricket set-up and territorial boards to follow the advice of their respective health ministries.

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