The Indian team will leave Qatar next week without quarantine measures

The Indian national team will fly to Qatar next week to participate in the remaining three matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Players can start training immediately after they arrive in Qatar without going through a strict quarantine for 10 days. the goal Can confirm.

However, the team will continue to be in the biosafety bubble and must strictly abide by the agreements required by the organizers.

For passengers from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, whether traveling through direct flights or through other countries (transit), the following measures will be taken, including:

• All passengers initially departing from the aforementioned countries/regions must undergo a mandatory COVID-19 PCR test conducted 48 hours before departure at a testing center approved by their local health authority. Without a valid negative PCR certificate, no one can board a flight to Qatar.
• All entrants from these countries/regions must be quarantined in a dedicated quarantine facility for (10) days, or (14) days if they are quarantined in a Mekhaines facility.
• Home quarantine standards do not apply to travelers from these countries, including exemptions restored due to vaccination or previous virus infection in the past six months.
• All entrants from these countries must undergo repeated COVID-19 PCR tests at quarantine facilities within one day of arrival. Know that the PCR test will be repeated at and before the end of the quarantine period.
• All passengers transiting through Qatar must undergo the mandatory pre-travel PCR test described in point 1, and if they need to conduct another PCR test on their continued destination, they can do it at Hamad International Airport at a cost of QAR 300 /-each test.

However, after discussions between AIFF (All India Football Federation) and Qatar Football Association (QFA) and the Qatar Ministry of Health, the second rule has been relaxed. Players of the national team must have a negative test result for COVID-19 before they gather in Delhi. After that, another test must be performed because the test results were all negative 48 hours before arriving in Doha.

It is believed that not only India but also Bangladesh has seen its difficult quarantine in Doha be cancelled.

The Blues Tigers will play host Qatar on June 3, Afghanistan on June 7 and Bangladesh on June 11. India is currently ranked fourth in the standings. From the remaining schedule, they will hope to collect as many points as possible and finish the third place so that they can automatically qualify for the third round of the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers.