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Liverpool FC’s academy has been affected by an outbreak of Covid-19.
Coaches and at the club’s Kirkby Academy isolate themselves after testing positive for the virus defeated last week.
Echo understands that approximately 10 staff members are affected, even if they are not seriously ill.
The epidemic forced the academy to cancel some education sessions for its younger age teams this week and reorganize education for others.
Older teams are not believed to be affected, nor is the first team, whose new school at the northern end of Kirkby’s site officially opened today.
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A Liverpool FC spokesman said: “Several academies have tested positive for Covid-19 and are ousting.
“This has led to the cancellation of a small number of educational sessions for younger teams this week.
“Strict protocols have been implemented in the anti-pandemic academy, adding comprehensive cleaning and fumigation that will continue. “
The academy’s coronavirus protocols would have normal premier league inspections.
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The academy, on Simonswood Lane, has been the home base for Liverpool’s youth groups since 1998, with the first team set up this month at the end of their new school.
However, the new facility was not affected by the outbreak.
In a case of irreparable duet, star striker Mo Salah tested positive for Covid-19 who won last week while on duty abroad with Egypt, so he is expected to miss Liverpool’s match against Leicester on Sunday.
Knowsley Council also asked to comment on this story.