DOT Desk: [2] The Women’s World Cup in New Zealand will go ahead as planned despite the community spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country, the organisers of the event said yesterday, reports The Dhaka Tribune.

[3] The tournament could not be held last year because of the pandemic, and New Zealand has imposed new restrictions to prevent a potential Omicron outbreak as in neighbouring Australia.
[4] “We did look at multiple contingency plans over the last 12 months but the plan is to retain the schedule as it is with the six venues,” Chief Executive Officer Andrea Nelson said in a virtual media call.

[5] “The contingency measures we’re putting in place relate to kind of protecting the travel between those venues as much as possible.” The month-long tournament of one-day matches begins on Mar. 4 with an opening round clash between the hosts and West Indies at Mount Maunganui.

New Zealand Cricket has tweaked its home fixture to reduce travel to minimise risk of COVID-19 infection.