The United Kingdom is bearing the brunt of news of contamination with the new variant of the coronavirus.
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Thomas Frank, coach of Brentford, where 13 players and staff have tested positive for Covid-19, asked Thursday, December 16 the postponement of the 18th day of the Premier League scheduled for this weekend, to allow the teams to stop the virus progression. “We think we should postpone the entire Premier League day for the coming weekend”, He said, after his scheduled game against Manchester United on Tuesday had already been postponed due to case inflation at the Red Devils.
“The number of Covid cases is exploding in all clubs. Everyone is facing this (…) Postponing this day and also (the quarter-finals of) the League Cup (scheduled for Tuesday and next Wednesday) would leave everyone at least a week or four or five days to disinfect and do whatever it takes in the training centers “, he pleaded. “This would break the chain (of contamination) in all clubs”, the Dane still estimated.
Brentford is supposed to play at Southampton on Saturday, December 18, after the Premier League announced on Monday a weekly record of positive Covid tests since the generalization of tests in May 2020 with 42 positive samples out of 3,805 tests among players and staff.
The United Kingdom is also on the front line in Europe in terms of the spread of the new variant of the coronavirus, dubbed Omicron, with 78,610 new cases recorded on Wednesday. Besides Brentford-Manchester United, Brighton-Tottenham scheduled for Sunday and Burnley-Watford, whose kick-off was canceled on Wednesday two hours before the match, will also be played later due to the Covid.