The Premier League will introduce mandatory one-minute drinks breaks in every half when the season resumes next week to ensure players are able to rehydrate from personalised water bottles.
The precise timing of the water break will be at the discretion of the referee, but are expected to occur towards the midway point of each half and will take place even during night matches for hygiene reasons.
Maintaining good hygiene practices and observing social distancing is at the heart of the medical and operational protocols that were signed off by the clubs on Thursday ahead of the long anticipated resumption, which will begin with matches between Aston Villa and Sheffield United and Manchester City and Arsenal next Wednesday.