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Premier League to stop twice-weekly PCR tests for players and staff

The Premier League has told clubs there will no longer be a requirement for twice-weekly PCR Covid-19 testing.

Tests will be carried out the day before matches and on all training days, with PCR tests only taken to confirm a positive lateral flow result.

The change comes following the Government's updated policy to testing and isolation, which places less emphasis on PCR tests.

On Wednesday the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that from 11 January, an asymptomatic individual who tests positive for Covid-19 on a lateral flow test would, no longer need to take a PCR to confirm the result.