A bio-bubble is a safe and secure environment isolated from the outside world to minimise the risk of COVID-19 infection. It permits only authorised sports persons, support staff and match officials to enter the protected area after testing negative for COVID-19 during IPL 2021.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will provide ‘bio secure bubbles’ in hotels, training sessions, matches and transportation. Naturally, individuals must be regularly tested, temperature checked with respective health reports filed accordingly.

As we watch IPL from our screens, the players we cheer for through every match will be encapsulated in a bio-bubble. We explain the technologies behind this growing concept

Yes, the pandemic has disrupted the sporting — and pretty much every other — calendar for 2021. All matches were played in a ‘bio-secure bubble’ or its more popular portmanteau ‘biobubble.’ And now, the Indian Premier League (IPL) in India.

Changing the plan to host IPL 2021 in only Mumbai and Pune and part of playoffs along with final in Ahmedabad, BCCI has now shortlisted six cities for this edition. Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Delhi are the top picks. Delhi was added later as Hyderabad was no longer an option.

A safe and secure environment that is isolated from the outside world to minimise the risk of COVID-19 infection, a bio-bubble permits only authorised sports persons, support staff and match officials to enter the protected area after testing negative for COVID-19. Naturally, individuals must be regularly tested, temperature checked with respective health reports filed accordingly. Read More Here