The Premier League trembles before himThe expansion of a new wave of covid and announced this Monday the highest number of positives among players and employees since the pandemic began, with a total of 42 cases in a week. Late on Monday Brentford-Manchester United was postponed due to an outbreak at the Old Trafford club. About 40 per cent of cases in the UK are due to the new variant, omicron.
In total, between Monday, December 6 and Sunday, 12, 3,805 footballers and workers of the Premier’s clubs underwent a test to detect the coronavirus, of which 42 were positive. This season the highest number so far were the 16 positives that occurred between August 16 and 22. The 42 of this past week are the highest number of positives in the Premier after 40 in January 2021.
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The Premier urged its clubs to activate the anticovid protocol and more tests will be carried out on players and employees, up to once a day if necessary. It should be borne in mind that two matches of the English championship have already had to be postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak: Brighton-Tottenham (which was scheduled for last Sunday) and Brentford-Manchester United (to be played this Tuesday).
Brighton, Tottenham, Leicester (who played against Naples in the Europa League last Thursday with seven casualties due to coronavirus or symptoms thereof), Manchester United, Aston Villa y Norwich confirmed cases.
One 40 percent of covid cases in the UK are due to the new variant, omicron, as reported this Monday by Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister. Boris Johnson himself claimed that at least one person has died in the UK from this variant.