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Danger in the Premier League: Grow the positives by coronavirus
Published:13/01/2021 - 18:20h
Updated:13/01/2021 - 18:21h
The organisers ensure that the tournament will continue, but there will be more rigidity and severe sanctions to those who jump the controls. The new variant of the virus arisen in British territory has carried to a new confinement
The last tests to which have been subjected the players, technical body and other workers linked to all the clubs that do life in the Premier League the past week launched a total of 36 infected. With this new shoot, the great English tournament 207 cases detected in the 21 proofs that have made from the start of the season to date.
From the organisation of the tournament require that between the 4 and on 7 January some 1.538 people, between players and employees, subjected to the proofs of rigour that gave like result 27 positive cases. The nine remaining were reported between the 8 on 10 January, when another group of 1.055 happened to make the tests. Until the moment, desconocen the names of the infected, that will keep isolated by a minimum of 10 days.
It treats of the highest figure of positive registered in the Premier, that besides has taken place in the context of a new variation of the virus arisen in the United Kingdom that has presented a tax of contagion much higher, what has carried to the British authorities to decree a new general phase of confinement, although the tournament will play with restrictions. To national level, have reported more than 3.000.000 of cases and 81.000 fatal victims.
The decision to continue playing has woken up opinions in favour and against, although the Premier League has ensured that it will be more strict and there will be exemplary sanctions for the players that jump the protocols. In recent days, Steve Bruce, technician of the Newcastle (one of the most affected clubs by the Covid-19 and the first in requesting the postponement of parties), declared to AFP that «Financially, is well follow playing, but from the moral point of view is something probably bad».
Parties postponed
In the previous days to the proofs, the Aston Villa asked to the Premier suspend his party in front of the Tottenham pautado for theWednesday , after nine of his footballers and five members of his technical body gave positive. It is not the first time that The Villans see affected by the coronavirus: the past Friday had to receive to the Liverpool with a team of reservations, that finished with a 1-4 in favour of the current champions. The Spurs, by his part, will play the party of this date against the Fulham.
