English Football League (EFL) chairman Rick Parry has ruled out a 'circuit-breaker' to momentarily suspend the season because of a surge in COVID-19 cases.
The emergence of the Omicron variant has wreaked havoc with the English football calendar with 19 matches postponed in the EFL alone this weekend.
Five of the six Premier League games scheduled for Saturday have also been called off, on top of four fixtures that did not go ahead because of coronavirus this past week.
Speaking to BBC's Football Focus on Saturday, Parry acknowledged that the 'health and welfare of players, staff and spectators' was the priority but said pausing the season was not the answer.