Medical and performance teams at football clubs will have their work cut out in the coming weeks, not only in monitoring the number of ill players but ensuring those not affected maintain fitness while football takes a break.
They will plan training programmes based on the projected restart date of April 4 although this situation is changing daily. We’ll know more this week but many will be sceptical as to whether the Premier League will resume then, making it much more difficult to schedule training.
Government guidelines on isolation changed last week from 14 days to seven days and could change again this week.