Karachi: New Zealand’s Director-general Health Ashley Bloomfield has statedthat several members of the Pakistan squad were caught ‘mingling’ inhallways while in managed isolation at Christchurch’s Chateau on the Parkhotel.
While talking to RNZ’s Morning Report, Bloomfield said that their behaviorwas unacceptable and CCTV showed the players had not been abiding by thearrangements that had been clearly set out for them.
“Rather than being in their own rooms which is a requirement for that firstthree days, until that first test comes back, there was some mingling inthe hallways, chatting, sharing food and not wearing masks,” he said.
He revealed that the mingling happened only once but it only had to happenonce for authorities to take a dim view of that.
Meanwhile, he said that the positive cases had been moved to separatequarantine rooms in the hotel and all players would be tested at least fourtimes before leaving the facility.
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“The team had since been ordered to stay in their rooms and have beenstripped of their training privileges,” he added.
However, it is yet to clarify whether any of the six people who testedpositive were involved in the hallway mingling incident.
Pakistan team underwent COVID-19 tests on Friday while no decision has beenmade regarding an exemption to allow the players to train.
