New Delhi / Amsterdam: The Dutch Putri Hockey team has withdrawn from the FBI-back league match against India to be played in Bhubaneswar on February 19 and 20 due to the increasing Covid-19 case in the Netherlands, especially the extremely contagious omicron infection variants.
Royal Dutch Hockey Association (KNHB) said he had requested the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to postpone the match to the next date.
But, Indian hockey on Thursday expressed a surprise on the withdrawal of the Dutch team.
“The KNB Medical Committee issued negative advice for Intercontinental trips in January.
This committee’s advice is based on the high number of omicron infections in the Netherlands,” the Dutch Federation said in a statement.
“After deliberation and consultation along with the players, the staff of the Dutch national team announced that they wanted to follow this advice and that they did not want to travel to India at this time.” Travel to India will only last six days.
This means that the possibility of infection in the Netherlands just before departure can lead to a positive test in India.
The consequence of this can, for example, quarantine must or must delay the trip back.
“Indian hockey, on the other hand, expressed a surprise on development.” Indian Hockey was quite surprised by the Dutch decision to cancel the trip to India …
because the negative medical report provided by the KNB Medical Committee, “said President Gyanendro Ningombam.” With the covid pioneering level in India fell to less than 5 percent, we believe we managed to hold matches in Indonesia bio bubble safely similar to the world junior world cup fih hockey held in the same place just three months ago where 16 teams participated.
“Indian hockey said he was currently related to FIH about the implications of the Dutch team’s decision.
The Indian team, took part in the league for the first time, had started their campaign with Bang by beating China 7-1 and 2-1 in a back-to-back match In Muscat, Oman on January 31 and February 2.
Then the Etherlands team has won three matches and pulled one so far in the league.