England’s deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, has called on footballers to stop celebrating in close proximity to each other as the pandemic rages
Government tells football to get tough over Covid rules after FA Cup celebrations see players hug on the pitch, sing in the dressing rooms and quaff champagne while infection rates soar across the country and calls for football to be stopped get louder
Government tells football authorities they have to firmly enforce Covid rules
Ministers believe it is harder to justify a sport where players ignore rules and share champagne while the rest of the country is in lockdown
FA is now writing to clubs to warn them to follow the protocols on distancing
If more breaches occur football authorities will be expected to impose sanctions
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The latest estimate for the infection rate among the population as a whole is 2.06 per cent, although the rate among younger people, aged 18-35, tends to be around 3 per cent.
The current set of results come as football battles to stem the spread of the new strain of coronavirus, which appears to have increased the level of infections in the Premier League and English Football League.
Five Premier League matches have now been postponed due to Covid outbreaks at clubs, the most recent being Aston Villa s game against Tottenham Hotspur, due to be played at Villa Park on Wednesday 13 January.
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COVID-19: Players reminded by PFA not to celebrate goals in groups as positive cases grow
Players have been reminded by the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) to be careful when celebrating goals as the number of COVID-19 cases in England continues to grow.
The Premier League, Women s Super League, English Football League and FA Cup both men s and women s have all had games postponed this season due to the pandemic. We ve sent a message to all our members saying: You have done a great job, you ve kept the game going and you deserve a lot of credit, but it s important you keep to the protocols, PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor told The Times.