Clarke backs SFA virus protocols
been very good. There has been no real contact with anyone outside our group, our squad. For us it has been reasonably straightforward.
“It might be a bit more intense when we go away, obviously travelling on the flight and the buses and when we have to have the masks on and in and around the hotel.
“We have our own floor and we will take our own chef. Listen, we take every precaution to make sure everyone can be safe as they possibly can.”
Clarke, whose team will take on Israel in the Euro 2020 play-off semi-final at Hampden next month, defended the decision to stage international matches during the coronavirus pandemic.
“In general, life now has changed for everyone,” Clarke said said. “I don’t think we can sit here and moan about following different procedures because we are in a very strange place for the human race at the moment.
“There are millions around the world affected by this virus.
We just have to adapt. Hopefully over a period of time we will get more used to it.
“Hopefully over a period of time we will find a solution or a vaccine to the virus that will get us back to what everyone would say was a more normal time and place.
“I think football had to come back. Industry had to come back. We are part of industry. We are part of the world. We cannot make everyone sit in the house forever. There comes a time when you have to start lifting restrictions and allow people to get back to normal life. We are just a part of that.”