Six players and four non-playing members of staff have tested positive after the first round of Premiership Rugby’s coronavirus testing.
A total of 804 tests were carried out across the 12 clubs on Monday.
Those who have tested positive and their close contacts will now isolate and be assessed in line with guidelines.
The season was suspended in March and Premiership Rugby hopes to resume the league on the weekend of 15 August.
The identities of those who have tested positive have not been made public.
Premiership teams were told at the start of June that they could begin socially-distanced non-contact training in small groups, and were able to progress to close-contact training from Monday onwards.
Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Ben Youngs told the BBC: “I’d probably be naive to think that out of 800 tests you aren’t going to get a few [positives], but 10 out of 800 isn’t too many in my opinion, not that I’m an expert on it.
“But I think what’s important are the protocols of what happens next. You don’t want that 10 to be 30 next week, then 80, and then we are in a spot of bother.
“But rugby does need to get back up and running. The clubs need it, everyone needs it, so we need that to be as diligent as possible across all the clubs to allow that.
“Hopefully people follow the protocols to make sure next week it isn’t any larger than that.”
Article courtesy of BBC Sport
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