Single failed Covid-19 test spells quarantine for Premier League squads

• Players to be tested twice a week in first stage of training return
• Player who is positive to isolate for seven days and others for 14

Premier League squads could be quarantined in the event of a single failed coronavirus test if clubs vote to return to training next week. Players are to be tested for Covid‑19 twice a week during a first stage of return, with a positive test requiring the player to isolate for seven days under Public Health England guidelines. PHE rules, however, also require that a “contact” of a known case should isolate, as someone would if they were living in the same house. That quarantine period should last for 14 days.

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