The BCCI and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have mutually agreed that the upcoming Test and ODI series will continue even if there is any Covid-19 case among players or support staff and close contacts will not be forced into isolation, the host board’s medical officer Shuaib Manjra said.

While there is a specific agreement that the BCCI can pull out of the tour in case the situation in South Africa, which first alerted the world to the Omicron variant, worsens, a senior official said that any such move is not contemplated as of now.

“There is an agreed medical protocol between the CSA and the BCCI. Considering that everyone within the Bio-Secure Environments (BSE) and the broader cricket ecosystem will be vaccinated, any positive case will isolate within their designated hotel room if clinically stable, or in an alternate space within the hotel,” Manjra said.

Respective team doctors will take care of the players in case any of them test positive for the virus.

“Any contacts (close or incidental) will continue playing and training with non-pharmaceutical interventions strictly observed. All team members will undergo symptom screening and Covid-19 testing daily, and the tour will proceed as planned,” he added.