All EFL clubs to be tested for COVID-19 twice a week
It will be paid for by the PFA
The LNER Stadium. | Photo: Lincoln City FC
All 72 clubs in the English Football League, including Lincoln City, Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United, will be tested twice a week for COVID-19.
The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) will fully fund the testing when it begins from Monday, January 11.
It comes as a re-introduction to a full league testing programme in order to be more vigilant against rising coronavirus cases.
All 72 clubs from the Championship, League One and League Two took part in mandatory testing on the week of January 4, and it has been decided that more regular testing will continue.
EFL and PFA Confirm Twice-Weekly Testing
Wednesday, 6th Jan 2021 17:04
The EFL and PFA have announced the introduction of twice-weekly Covid-19 testing across the Championship, League One and League Two clubs from next Monday.
Reports that the new programme was set to be put in place emerged earlier in the week.
Town boss Paul Lambert had been among those to have expressed their frustration with the lack of testing in the EFL which had been sporadic since football’s resumption and paid for by the clubs, many of whom are currently short on cash.
An EFL statement reads: “Today, the EFL and Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) have confirmed they will be introducing twice-weekly Covid-19 testing for all 72 clubs from Monday 11th January.
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