(Reuters) – Premiership Rugby mentioned on Friday it had recorded a season-high of 54 cases of COVID-19 among players and staff in the past week — almost double the variety of cases in the primary 14 weeks mixed.
More than 3,300 COVID-19 assessments have been undertaken between Dec. 10-16, with 47 players and seven members of staff from 9 totally different golf equipment testing constructive.
The first 14 weeks of testing in the Premiership had yielded solely 29 constructive assessments between Sept. 3 to Dec. 9.
Britain reported a brand new excessive of 93,045 COVID-19 infections on Friday, fuelled by the speedy unfold of the Omicron variant of the virus.
“Those who do check constructive and their shut contacts are remoted and assessed in line with the PHE-agreed pointers,” Premiership Rugby mentioned in an announcement.
Earlier on Friday, Champions Cup and Challenge Cup fixtures between French and UK golf equipment scheduled for this weekend have been postponed in gentle of latest COVID-19 journey curbs launched by the French authorities.
The Premier League, England’s prime flight soccer league, discovered a report 42 cases of COVID-19 among players and staff earlier this week.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
