Liverpool FC Youth Dealing with COVID-19 Outbreak

Around ten staff and players at the youth levels are reportedly
in self-isolation with none said to be seriously ill.

Liverpool FC are currently dealing with a small
outbreak of COVID-19 in the club’s youth ranks, with around ten
coaches and players said to be in self-isolation and some training
sessions having been cancelled this week as a result.

That’s the news according to The Liverpool Echo, who reported on the
outbreak shortly following the club’s announcement earlier today
that their new first team training base at Kirkby—adjacent the
academy—had officially opened.

While the club’s academy and new AXA Training Centre are now
adjacent to allow better integration of the first team and youth
levels, internal facilities are not shared and the only cases of
staff in self-isolation are connected to The Academy.

“A number of academy staff have tested positive for COVID-19 and
are isolating,” a club representative said. “This has led to the
cancellation of a small number of training sessions. Strict
protocols have been in place [and] will continue.”

Further according to The Echo, for the time being at least it is
only some of the younger age groups that have been impacted by
active cases, and none of the coaches or players who have tested
positive are said to be seriously unwell.