Premier League Agrees New Covid Measures To Stem Outbreak

Premier League players and staff must take a lateral flow test every time they want to enter their club’s training ground as the competition steps up its efforts to combat the threat posed by the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

And from today, fans will need to show proof of double vaccination or a negative test to attend sporting events with crowds of more than 10,000 people in England. This includes Premier League games.

Top-flight clubs have agreed stricter measures in a week when two Premier League matches – Tottenham v Brighton and Brentford v Manchester United – were postponed due to positive Covid cases in their squads.

Anyone wishing to enter a Premier League training ground will be required to take a lateral flow test outside. In addition to the daily tests to get into training grounds, players and staff will now have a PCR test at least twice a week, which was the case last season, before it was changed to lateral flows in the summer.

The moves come as the highly transmissible Omicron variant becomes the dominant strain of coronavirus in the UK.