The Premier League will not change their Covid-19 testing programme despite the mass outbreak at Newcastle United threatening to disrupt more fixtures - and extra testing will remain at the expense and discretion of individual clubs.
Crystal Palace refused to confirm if they had returned positive cases after playing the Magpies last weekend and said manager Roy Hodgson would address the matter at his press conference on Friday.
Players and staff at all top-flight clubs were being tested twice weekly during Project Restart but, given the extremely low number of positives towards the end of the summer, the Premier League dropped that mandatory requirement to once a week entering this season.