Premier League: One positive test in latest phase of mass testing
Written by News on 18/06/2020
The Premier League has confirmed it has received one positive test for coronavirus in the latest phase of mass testing.
A total of 1541 tests were carried out in the ninth round of testing in the Premier League, which was conducted on Monday and Tuesday.
The player or club staff member who tested positive will now be required to self-isolate for a period of seven days.
Norwich City’s Marco Stiepermann was one of two positive cases from 1,200 tests conducted across the Premier League during round eight of testing, which was published on Saturday, June 13.
The midfielder, who remained asymptomatic throughout, had turned out for the Canaries in the behind-closed-doors 2-1 friendly win against Tottenham the previous day.
The 29-year-old has since been cleared by the Premier League to return to training.
Stiepermann immediately went into self-isolation for seven days according to government guidelines and looked to have been ruled out of Norwich’s Premier League game against Southampton this Friday.
However, while in self-isolation, Stiepermann took two further tests, with both returning negative results allowing him to return to group training on Thursday.
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