COVID-19 Q&A: What will it take for football to be stopped? Can the Premier League go against their own 14-player rule? And what does all this mean for the FA Cup third round? Sportsmail answers the key questions after Man City's postponement

Manchester City's postponement against Everton due to a Covid-19 outbreak has brought the virus back into sharp focus in the Premier League.

An emergency meeting on Monday determined the game could not go ahead on safety grounds and a host of questions have been thrown up heading into 2021 as to whether the outbreak will lead to further postponements.

Here Sportsmail looks to explain the latest situation, how rules can be tweaked to grant postponements and what this means going forward for the top flight, the English Football League (EFL) and the third round of the FA Cup.