Two more cases as EPL tests go on

TWO more individuals connected to two unnamed Premier League clubs have tested positive for coronavirus.

The second round of COVID-19 tests were conducted over the past few days on 996 players and staff from clubs and confirmed two more cases, with those people now isolating for seven days It takes the number of positive tests to eight from England’s top-flight clubs whose players returned to limited group training on Tuesday. In the first round of testing, six people were shown to have the virus, including Watford’s Adrian Mariappa.

The Premier league refused to identify the latest pair.

No matches have been played in the EPL since March, but the government has given the green light for a return for elite sport on June 1. The Premier League’s Project Restart hopes to resume June 19.

The latest test results, with 248 more people tested, will be seen as a step forward for Project Restart going into a Premier League shareholders’ meeting, where clubs are expected to discuss the protocols of moving to contact training.