The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to reconsider the current testing policy according to which the players who have tested positive must have two subsequent negative tests if they are to depart for the scheduled England tour in the coming months.
According to a news report published in ESPNcricinfo, the head of the PCB medical department Dr Sohail Saleem is consulting with a variety of sporting and medical experts to decide whether those players who did test positive could potentially leave for England after returning one negative test.
The 10 players and one support staff member — who tested positive for the virus earlier this week — will undergo testing again on Friday and if the board were to comply with their original policy, then the group would have a third test on June 29.
However, it is because of the third test that the board is in a dilemma as it would mean that they will miss the chartered flight arranged by the England and Wales Cricket Board on June 28.
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