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The Indian Premier League has been postponed with immediate effect. The competition has been carrying on against the backdrop of a public health emergency due to a huge coronavirus surge but with multiple reports of team bubbles being breached by positive cases, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s governing council unanimously voted to suspend the action.
“The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting has unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate effect,” a statement on the official IPL website read. “The BCCI does not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff and the other participants involved in organising the IPL. This decision was taken keeping the safety, health and wellbeing of all the stakeholders in mind.
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UK minister Liz Truss has hinted that Britain is set to announce the green list for countries that people can travel to on holiday shortly.
The government has already said in mid-April it would announce which countries would be open for quarantine-free travel from England in early May, ahead of a plan to allow holidays again from 17 May at the earliest.
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