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#5 England players to avoid shaking hands due to Coronavirus threat

CWC 2019 winners - England men's cricket team

The England men's cricket team will not be shaking hands with their Sri Lankan counterparts when they face each other in the Indian sub-confident, the reason being the threat of deadly Coronavirus. Skipper Joe Root stated that instead of the traditional handshakes, both teams will fist-bump each other with equal respect and humility.

The English team suffered various health setbacks on their tour of New Zealand as most of the players had to sit out at some point in the tour due to food poisoning bacterial problems.

“After the illnesses that swept through the squad in South Africa, we are well aware of the importance of keeping contact to a minimum and we've been given some really sound and sensible advice from our medical team to help prevent spreading germs and bacteria.”

“We are not shaking hands with each other, using instead the well-established fist bump, and we are washing hands regularly and wiping down surfaces using the anti-bacterial wipes and gels we've been given in our immunity packs."

“There is no suggestion that the tour will be affected, but of course it is an evolving situation so we are in regular contact with the authorities and will proceed as advised, but at this stage we fully expect the tour to continue as planned.”

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