Two more positive coronavirus tests in Premier League

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Two more positive coronavirus tests in Premier League

By Martyn Herman

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Burnley v AFC Bournemouth - Turf Moor, Burnley, Britain - February 22, 2020 General view of the Premier League logo on a match ball before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Two people from two Premier League clubs have tested positive for the coronavirus after a second batch of testing, the Premier League said on Saturday.

 

Since the players returned to limited group training on Tuesday, eight positive tests for the virus have been confirmed from England's top-flight clubs.

 

"The Premier League can today confirm that on Tuesday 19 May, Thursday 21 May and Friday 22 May, 996 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19. Of these, two have tested positive from two clubs," the statement said.

 

"The Premier League is providing this aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency.

"Players or club staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate for a period of seven days."

 

The Premier League said it would not be providing details of the identities of the two new positive tests.

 

A total of 748 tests of players and club staff made up the initial round of testing on May 17-18. Watford's Adrian Mariappa and two members of the club's non-playing staff and Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan were among six positive tests.

 

They are all still in their seven-day isolation period.

 

Two other Watford players are also self-isolating after coming into close contact with people who tested positive, according to manager Nigel Pearson.

 

No matches have been played in the Premier League since March, but the government has given the green light for elite sport to resume from June 1, including the top-flight football.

 

The Premier League's "Project Restart" hopes to resume action in June, although no date has been fixed.

 

Another round of tests are scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday. All 20 clubs will hold a meeting on Wednesday to decide whether they can move to phase two of the restart and allow full-contact training.

 

Chief executive Richard Masters said on Friday the Premier League is "as confident as we can be" about a resumption of the top flight and that the remaining 92 games would be completed.

 

"We wouldn't have taken the first step to get back to training if we weren't convinced we had created a very safe environment for our players," he said.

 

Britain's death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is the highest in Europe with an official figure of 36,675 as of Saturday.

 

Germany's Bundesliga returned to action last week with matches in empty stadiums and strict safety protocols.

 

Spain's government on Saturday gave the go-ahead for La Liga to resume from June 8.

 

(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

 

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[rasmus5150]

There is no way they will be ready on time.

This season is doomed, and so is Liverpool's hopes of a title......

[brewsterbudgen]

56 minutes ago, rasmus5150 said:

There is no way they will be ready on time.

This season is doomed, and so is Liverpool's hopes of a title......

Much as I would love to see Liverpool not win the title, only two positive tests is a good result and I can't see why it won't all start up again in mid-June, especially as it's already started in Germany, with Spain due to start very soon.

[tribalfusion001]

Two positive tests is nothing, no reason it shouldn't start again in June, although the Bundesliga is pretty souless without fans.

 

Send the brats back to school and fire the militants teachers if they refuse to teach.

[mrbojangles]

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Much as I would love to see Liverpool not win the title, only two positive tests is a good result and I can't see why it won't all start up again in mid-June, especially as it's already started in Germany, with Spain due to start very soon.

I might be wrong but I think these 2 positive test are in addition to the 6 positive tests from last week. The 6 from last week mustn't have been re-tested 

[wilai]

On 5/24/2020 at 5:14 PM, mrbojangles said:

I might be wrong but I think these 2 positive test are in addition to the 6 positive tests from last week. The 6 from last week mustn't have been re-tested 

You're right Mr BJ as the first six are still isolated at home.

 

One of the new cases is Aaron Ramsdale of Bournemouth. No details as yet of the other case.

[wilai]

1,014 tests carried out by Championship clubs. Only two positive tests, both from Hull City.

[Tropposurfer]

I read such disclosures after severe isolation for almost 2 months in England, I then think of discussions about opening, areas of congregation like churches, malls, BTS's, railways, buses, cross county travel, land air and sea borders around the world, I then start to think about the tiny numbers of tests administered to ascertain who has this thing, then I start to think about a second wave of this thing.

[wilai]

On 5/24/2020 at 5:52 PM, wilai said:

You're right Mr BJ as the first six are still isolated at home.

 

One of the new cases is Aaron Ramsdale of Bournemouth. No details as yet of the other case.

Apparently picked up the virus whilst shopping in a supermarket.