In total, 996 players and club staff have been tested for the virus so far. FMTNews
LONDON: England’s Premier League on Saturday said that two more individuals from two different clubs have tested positive for coronavirus, just three weeks from a proposed restart of the season.“Of these, two have tested positive from two clubs,” said an EPL statement.In previous tests on May 17 and 18, a total of 748 individuals were tested with six testing positive from three clubs.
“The Premier League is providing this aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency,” said the statement. On Friday, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said he was confident the top-flight season would resume in mid-June.
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