Children will not be able to play organised football unless it is within schoolThe government's chief scientific adviser says he is "not aware" of any cases of Covid-19 transmission between children playing football outdoors. All children's grassroots football will be halted in England during the four-week national lockdown from Thursday. Vallance said the measures also took into account "interactions" at events such as grassroots sport outside school. When asked by chairman Greg Clark MP whether he knew of any instance of coronavirus infection taking place between children playing grassroots football, Vallance said: "Not that I'm aware of. There were calls for youth sport to be exempted when the new restrictions come into effect on Thursday.

Source: BBC November 04, 2020 08:20 UTC