Players in the Championship have been told that they will have to stay away from training for 14 days if a member of their household tests positive for coronavirus.
According to a report from The Telegraph, protocols and a “pathway” to return to action have been given in exact detail to squads, as they prepare to complete the 2019/20 season.
The report goes on to claim that matches are set to resume in June and the PFA delegates have met with club captains to discuss safety concerns.
Five scenarios for players with symptoms or a positive test are believed to have been drawn up, with one of them being when a household member tests positive and the player is negative with no symptoms.
If this happens, then the player in question should: "Exclude for 14 days from the date of the positive test," reads the instruction given to players. "(They) can continue with normal training activities during the exclusion."
The report claims that players have been given “pathways” to return in other situations where they are asymptomatic or have mild or severe symptoms with a positive test, or symptoms with a negative test.
Players will then be excluded for between seven and 14 days depending on their situation at the time.
The EFL confirmed on Sunday afternoon that two people have tested positive from the same club after 1014 Covid-19 tests across the division had taken place.
The club in question was later to be revealed to be Hull City - with the club saying they two players were asymptomatic when confirming. Given the circumstances, the two players in question would be retested at seven and 10 days.
“If both test negative, players can return to training,” read the instructions in The Telegraph. “Positive players can return to training ground after 14 days if no symptoms develop.”
