Fans at Premier League grounds are being asked to take precautions but many of those on the pitch are still not fully vaccinatedUnvaccinated players are thought to be fuelling football’s Covid fixture crisis, with the EFL confirming that 25 per cent of footballers across its three divisions are refusing to get jabbed. While the Premier League has not released any vaccination figures for its players since October, the number of anti-vaxxers in the top flight is thought to be similar and is being identified as a key reason why the Omicron variant is causing so much disruption. SponsoredSix more Premier League matches were postponed, with Covid outbreaks forcing a rescheduling of Leicester City’s encounter with Tottenham Hotspur, as well as five more this weekend. They are Manchester United versus Brighton & Hove Albion, Southampton against Brentford, Watford versus Crystal Palace, West Ham United versus Norwich City and

Source: The Times December 16, 2021 19:13 UTC