The ring will further strengthen safety against COVID-19.
The Mumbai Indians (MI) have always been at the top of their game when it comes to creating an environment where the players and their families feel safe. In UAE, the BCCI has already made it mandatory for the travelling members to wear contact-tracing badges. In addition to those, MI have now introduced smart-rings for all their members.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) already uses these rings to track the heart rate, heart-rate variation, respiratory rate and body temperature among other details. Each MI member will now be equipped with one of these and be more secure against the virus.
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A source told ANI, "The ring picks up a person's vital data -- heart rate, heart rate variation, respiratory rate and body temperature among other details -- and then flags any irregular trend in advance so that asymptomatic signals can be spotted at the earliest and dealt with."
"The ring monitors the person's pulse, movements and temperature to present a complete picture so that helps in the daily analysis. NBA (National Basketball Association) has made use of the similar ring health device," he added.
The Mumbai Indians had a camp in Navi Mumbai before travelling to UAE. They had already been quarantined for 14 days before the camp and once again had to maintain the quarantine period in UAE. They travelled with utmost safety too, wearing PPE kits from head to toe.
To not let the morale down of the players, the team management has made arrangements of a team room where the MI touring party can interact with each other, play games and have fun together.
(With inputs from ANI)