Project restart of the English premier league suffered a setback this Tuesday as six players test positive for COVID-19 across three premier league clubs, as the top flight prepares to resume in June.
The unnamed players or staff who have tested positive from the 748 total tests conducted will now self-isolate for seven days.
Squads have begun a non-contact training from Tuesday.
The premier league has been suspended since 13 march because of the covid-19 pandemic, with 92 fixtures remaining.
The league had chosen June 12 tentatively for matches to start again, but there is now an expectation this will need to be pushed back.
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In a statement by the premier league there is an effort to provide aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency.
The statement further reads “no specific details as to clubs or individuals will be provided by the league and results will be made public in this way after each round of testing.”
At Monday’s “project restart” meeting, English top-flight clubs agreed to stage one of the return-to-training protocols which includes training in small groups of no more than five players with sessions lasting more than 75 minutes for each player.
