Newcastle's trip to Everton on Thursday has been postponed following a Covid outbreak and a string of injuries in the first team squad.
The club saw a number of PCR tests return positive during a routine sweep and lodged a request with Premier League officials to reschedule their Premier League fixture at Goodison.
Amazon announced their broadcast of the fixture would no longer go ahead and Eddie Howe's pre-match press conference has also been scrapped.
The news comes less than 24 hours after Newcastle's 1-1 draw with Manchester United, a game they were unlucky to win.
A full statement read: " Newcastle United's Premier League fixture at Everton on Thursday evening has been postponed following Covid-19 cases and injuries amongst the Magpies’ first team squad.
"A number of players and staff members have returned positive results during routine PCR tests in recent days, while several players have suffered injuries during an extremely busy period of fixtures.
"Accordingly, Newcastle United lodged a formal request with the Premier League to postpone Thursday’s fixture at Goodison Park, and that has been approved by the Premier League Board.
"The match, which was scheduled to kick off at 7:30pm (GMT), will now be rescheduled and a new date and time will be confirmed in due course.
"Newcastle United would like to place on record its thanks to Everton FC and the Premier League for their cooperation and understanding.
"The club also wishes to offer its sincere apologies to supporters of both clubs for any inconvenience caused by these circumstances.
"Newcastle United will continue to follow extensive coronavirus protocols and the club is working with Public Health England North East (PHE), local health authorities and the Premier League to minimise the risk of further transmission.
"The club will not be naming individuals who have contracted Covid-19 or their vaccination status. We ask that their privacy is respected and we wish them a full and speedy recovery."
It is the third Premier League fixture to be rescheduled this week, with Arsenal vs Wolves and Leeds vs Aston Villa both scrapped from Tuesday's schedule.
Ralf Rangnick's side themselves went 16 days without a game following a Covid outbreak of their own - and looked less than sharp against Newcastle on Monday evening.
Captain Harry Maguire, who left plenty to be desired during his outing, blamed the closure of the club's training ground on United's ropey performance.
"The training ground has been shut, half the lads playing today are recovering from the virus," he said.
"So, of course, it is not going to help us. We don't want to use it as an excuse, but, of course, it has a big impact on the game."
Howe will be hoping his players won't be quite as affected.
