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Despite the outbreak of infections in the Premier League, the competition will continue.
Professional sports competitions, and especially the Premier League, will continue their activity in England despite the new confinement decreed by the British government this Monday to fight the covid-19 pandemic.
About 56 million people in England will be confined again, possibly until mid-February, with the aim of reducing the numbers of infections to the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in a televised message.
The measures, which include the closure of primary and secondary schools, will go into effect on Wednesday, Johnson announced shortly after the Scottish government made similar restrictions starting at midnight Tuesday.
The list of exceptions to the British government’s measures allows elite athletes to continue training and competing.
Before Johnson’s announcement, the English Football League had assured “no plans” in reference to an eventual interruption of the Premier League, despite what was demanded by some actors after several games postponed due to positive cases to covid-19.
Johnson announced on Monday night the lockdown across England to fight the spread of the new, even more contagious variant of the virus.
The organizers of the Six Nations Rugby Tournament had also declared this Monday, before the government’s announcement, that the competition will take place “as planned” from February 6 to March 20, although they specified that they are following the health situation with the authorities of the countries involved.
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