Fulham virus outbreak sees EPL sport at Tottenham known as off

A coronavirus outbreak at Fulham has pressured the postponement of the Premier League match at Tottenham, hours earlier than kickoff on Wednesday.It is the second match this week to be known as off within the Premier League on account of COVID-19 instances after Manchester City’s sport on Monday at Everton additionally fell by the wayside.“Fulham lodged a request with the Premier League board to rearrange the fixture following a significant rise in positive COVID-19 cases, as well as a number of players showing symptoms today,” the league mentioned in a press release.“The Premier League board has consulted its medical advisors and the decision to postpone the game has been taken as a precaution and with the health of players and staff as the priority. The group will now be retested immediately.“With low numbers of positive tests across the overwhelming majority of clubs, the Premier League continues to have full confidence in its COVID-19 protocols and being able to continue to play our fixtures as scheduled.“The league wishes those with COVID-19 a safe and speedy recovery and will rearrange the postponed fixture between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham in due course.” Earlier, Tottenham supervisor Jose Mourinho expressed irritation with a publish on Instagram laced with sarcasm as he waited for the postponement choice to be made: “Match at 6 pm… We still don’t know if we play. Best league in the world.”West Bromwich Albion supervisor Sam Allardyce has known as for the league to be paused as a result of rise in COVID-19 infections within the nation as a brand new extra contagious variant spreads.