panaji the organisers of indian super league isl will set up their own covid19 testing laboratory in goa for players officials broadcast team and all else who are associated with the fivemonth football tournamentthe biggest sporting spectacle to take place in the country during the pandemic will see 10 teams and nearly 1000 people including players and officials be a part of the tournamentthe lab will be situated at a hotel and will be set up after consultations with the state administration this will ensure that there is no strain on goas health facilities when everyone arrives here said a source who has been tracking the developmentthe organisers will have their own doctors and nurses who will take swabs and then do the testing players and officials will not be allowed to move out of the biobubble instead swabs will be taken at the hotel itself said the sourcea total of 500 players officials and support staff of teams are expected in goa for the isl that will be played from november 21 to march 21 another 150200 staff will be from the broadcasters while league staff accredited agencies and security will take the personnel involved in the tournament to nearly 1000 peopleplayers and officials who will start arriving here in october have been told to obtain covid19 negative certificates from their home cities 48 hours before arriving in goa as a precautionary measure more tests will be done upon arrival and they will have to spend some time in isolation even if they test negative for covid19another official said isl has put together a central medical team and hired a league hygiene officer who will oversee health protocolsits mandatory for all participating clubs to have a hygiene officer of their own this officer will be tasked with ensuring that all medical protocols are followed said the officialeveryone associated with the league will be classified into three groupshigh protection medium protection and general protectionthe allimportant high protection group includes players team officials and families television presenters have also been included in this group since they would be interacting with players and officials on a regular basis members of this group will be tested twice to three times every week for covid19the medium protection group which includes league hotel staff and management officials will be tested twice a week while the general protection groupaccredited stafferswill have to mandatorily undergo one test every week