Could a Covid-19 'pingdemic' ruin the start of the new football season?
BBC Sport looks at the changes that have been made and why football could have a problem.Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was having photos with fans following Liverpool's pre-season match with Hertha Berlin in Austria on Thursday
The EFL has issued guidance to all its clubs, for both training and on matchdays. Under that guidance, there are two sets of protocols, red and green. Most clubs are under the green protocols, which rely on daily screening to check if any players or staff are showing symptoms. The EFL believes this is better than simply doing nothing.
Evidently, if clubs are not testing, they cannot know for certain how many players, or who, have coronavirus at any given time. Forest subsequently pulled out of a match with Burnley, scheduled to be played on 31 July. Chelsea had a pre-season game in Dublin called off hours before kick-off andPitches are designated red zones
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