The government have given the Premier League the green light to restart the season from 1 June.
Football in the UK has been shut down indefinitely in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 30,000 lives and impacted thousands more.
Sport would be able to resume as part of the second stage of the plan. This would permit “cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed doors for broadcast, while avoiding the risk of large-scale social contact”.
The document advises that “organisations should prepare accordingly” for any reopening but states any progress would be dependent on the government’s five tests, which include a “sustained and consistent fall” in the daily death rate as well as the rate of infection decreasing to “manageable levels”.
Via The Independent / The Guardian / The Telegraph
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