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Paul Lambert is one of eight people at Ipswich to test positive for coronavirusIpswich boss Paul Lambert says the scarcity of Covid-19 testing in the EFL is “putting people’s lives at risk” after he tested positive for the virus.Lambert is one of eight people at the club to have had a positive Covid test.The EFL has competition-wide testing at different times throughout the season with the next round scheduled for the week commencing 4 January.”It’s the protocols that have worried me more than anything else,” Lambert told BBC Sport.”I think you’re putting people’s lives at risk by not getting them tested regularly. It’s been shocking.”I know friends in Bundesliga 3, which is the equivalent of League One, and they’ve been tested over 50 times since they’ve been back in pre-season. “Without our owner, who has paid for two out of his own pocket, we’d have been down to about six testings which is nowhere near enough.”Prior to Lambert’s comments, the EFL said it would be “reviewing and strengthening” coronavirus protocols over the Christmas period “to help minimise transmission risk” and that players and staff showing symptoms would continue to be tes… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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Paul Lambert is one of eight people at Ipswich to test positive for coronavirusIpswich boss Paul Lambert says the scarcity of Covid-19 testing in the EFL is “putting people’s lives at risk” after he tested positive for the virus.Lambert is one of eight people at the club to have had a positive Covid test.The EFL…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":6748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIpswich Town: Physio suggests football 'may need circuit breaker' to deal with new coronavirus variant - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/ipswich-town-physio-suggests-football-may-need-circuit-breaker-to-deal-with-new-coronavirus-variant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ipswich Town: Physio suggests football 'may need circuit breaker' to deal with new coronavirus variant - 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