Soccer-EFL chairman says no plans for 'circuit breaker' amid rising COVID-19 cases

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(Reuters) - The English Football League (EFL), the governing body of the three divisions below the Premier League, has no plans for a 'circuit breaker' to temporarily suspend matches amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, chairman Rick Parry said on Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - League Two - Carlisle United v Crewe Alexandra - Brunton Park, Carlisle, Britain - October 12, 2019 Rick Parry, the new EFL Chief Executive in the stands Action Images/Paul Burrows

The emergence of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has disrupted numerous matches in the English top flight, while 19 games have been postponed across the EFL this weekend. "If we think a circuit breaker will help, we will do it but, at the moment, there's no scientific evidence to suggest that it will help," Parry told the BBC.

 

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