Fulham’s recreation at Burnley postponed over recent Covid-19 circumstances

Fulham’s Premier League journey to Burnley that was scheduled to kick off at 1200 GMT on Sunday has been postponed on account of recent Covid-19 circumstances on the London membership, the league mentioned on Saturday.The transfer comes after Fulham’s away recreation in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday was additionally referred to as off on account of a “significant rise” in optimistic Covid-19 circumstances inside their camp.Fulham requested the Premier League to rearrange the Burnley recreation after the most recent spherical of testing revealed an extra enhance in optimistic Covid-19 circumstances.“With the health of players and staff the priority, the League and Fulham will agree a further action plan to control the outbreak to allow the club to resume their season safely,” the league mentioned in an announcement.“Players and staff will now be retested as part of a revised testing schedule.”The match turns into the fourth within the English prime flight to be postponed on account of Covid-19 circumstances because the begin of December, with Manchester City and Newcastle United additionally reporting a number of optimistic circumstances.The league, nonetheless, is planning to proceed as scheduled.“With low numbers of positive tests across the overwhelming majority of clubs, the League continues to have confidence in its Covid-19 protocols, fully backed by the Government, to enable fixtures to be played as scheduled,” the Premier League mentioned.The nation is battling a brand new variant of the virus and over the previous few weeks Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered hundreds of thousands of individuals to dwell below the strictest restrictions to curb its unfold after case numbers rose sharply.The United Kingdom has had over 2.5 million confirmed Covid-19 circumstances and recorded over 74,000 deaths.