The situation is getting more complicated, although on Wednesday morning local time, The Manchester United first team retrained at Carrington base. But the results of the COVID-19 nucleic acid test, which were later disclosed, showed that Manchester United clubs had already seen 19 positive cases.
"The Daily Telegraph" and team reporter James Ducker exclusively reported that after playing norwich so far, after multiple nucleic acid tests, Manchester United has a total of 19 players and staff diagnosed and are in home isolation.
For privacy reasons, Manchester United do not voluntarily disclose information about specific infected people, of course, to give fans a little comfort, not all cases are directly related to the first team. For example, it may also be echelon players, club administrators and so on.
Although the BBC report did not clearly indicate how many positive cases Manchester United had, it also confirmed in the report that Manchester United reported more positive cases after resuming training.
United closed the first-team training ground for 24 hours on Monday due to a sudden outbreak of the outbreak, and the Premier League match scheduled for Tuesday night away to Brentford has been officially postponed by the Premier League.
United resumed training on Wednesday, with players including Cristiano Ronaldo, Fred, Lindelof, Diallo, Rashford, Bailey, Varane, Dalot, McTominay, Martial, Wan-Bissaka, Grant, De Gea, B Fee, Cavani, Jones, Telles, Tashi Chung and others all participating in the training. Even Pogba returned to Carrington base.
Players who were not photographed by the media include: Maguire, Sancho, van der Beek, Luke Shaw, Greenwood, Jesse Lingard, Mata, Nemanja Matic, Tom Heaton, Dean Henderson, Elanga. We may be worried about whether they are already on the positive list, but we can't rule out their early arrival at base.
As planned, United will face Brighton at Old Trafford at 12.30 GMT on Saturday. However, it is unclear whether the match will go on schedule, the club will communicate with the Premier League at any time, and the game cannot rule out the possibility of postponement.
Just yesterday afternoon, burnley vs Watford was also postponed. The reason is that the away team broke out of the epidemic and many people were infected.
Burnley announced the news on social media at 17:00 GMT, while the game was scheduled to kick off at 19:30 and was not decided not to play until less than three hours before the start of the match.
It was the third Premier League match to be cancelled due to an outbreak so far last weekend, with Tottenham Hotspur against Brighton on Sunday and Brentford against Manchester United on Tuesday.
In the latest round of coronavirus test results officially released by the Premier League, 42 Premier League players and staff were tested positive, the highest weekly case data reported since testing began in May 2020. It also reflects the current situation in the UK from one side.
Due to the spread of the Omiljung mutant strain, the pressure on the Uk to prevent the epidemic has doubled. Premier League officials also told clubs on 9 December to reinstate emergency measures, including strict social distancing and wearing masks indoors.