{"id":552586,"date":"2020-05-31T05:06:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T09:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=552586"},"modified":"2020-05-31T05:06:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T09:06:25","slug":"middlesbrough-and-fulham-both-confirm-positive-covid-19-test-after-latest-efl-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/05\/31\/middlesbrough-and-fulham-both-confirm-positive-covid-19-test-after-latest-efl-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlesbrough and Fulham Both Confirm Positive COVID-19 Test After Latest EFL Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Championship clubs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfc.co.uk\/news\/efl-statement-latest-covid-19-results-one-positive-test-at-rockliffe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Middlesbrough<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulhamfc.com\/news\/2020\/may\/30\/covid-19-testing-update\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fulham<\/a> have both confirmed one positive test of COVID-19 following the latest testing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/05\/30\/efl-announces-latest-coronavirus-testing-figures-with-17-individuals-testing-positive-across-leagues\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Middlesbrough and Fulham Confirm Positive COVID-19 Tests<\/h2>\n<h3>Latest Figures<\/h3>\n<p>The announcement of positive cases at both clubs follows the latest round of testing in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>1058 tests were undertaken by players and staff across Thursday 28 and Friday 29 May, with 10 individuals testing positive.<\/p>\n<p>So far, alongside Middlesbrough and Fulham, Cardiff City and Preston North End have confirmed positive tests. Preston North End have confirmed that striker <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/7da19fab\/Jayden-Stockley\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jayden Stockley<\/a> has contracted the virus. All individuals will now self-isolate.<\/p>\n<p>In the last round of testing, third-placed Fulham confirmed two positive cases, while Blackburn Rovers&#8217; Elliot Bennett also tested positive.<\/p>\n<h3>Colchester United Confirm Four Positive Tests in League Two<\/h3>\n<p>Testing was also completed in League Two, were seven tests were returned positive out of 135.<\/p>\n<p>Colchester United have confirmed that four of their players have returned positive tests. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cu-fc.com\/news\/2020\/may\/covid-19-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A statement on their website read<\/a>: &#8220;The four League Two clubs due to take part in the Play-Offs have completed a first phase of COVID-19 testing ahead of group training.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of the twenty eight Colchester United players and staff that completed tests at Florence Park earlier this week, four returned positive results for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In line with the EFL protocols surrounding a return to training, they will now self isolate at home for the next seven days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Testing was undertaken in League Two at the four clubs who are set to compete in the play-offs. Exeter City returned two positive cases, while Northampton Town returned one.<\/p>\n<p>Cheltenham Town did not return a positive case.<\/p>\n<p>Testing has not yet been conducted in League One as it is unclear how the season will finish. However, testing will continue in the other two divisions in order for a safe end to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"YZY4mOw2Sx9nUUYpyXHjUw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1204838152\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'YZY4mOw2Sx9nUUYpyXHjUw',sig:'t4HpCQlKzA5FxDRFPrDxP9jcAWlZQPIVRanl_4GqPVA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1204838152',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Championship clubs Middlesbrough and Fulham have both confirmed one positive test of COVID-19 following the latest testing in the EFL. Middlesbrough and Fulham Confirm Positive COVID-19 Tests Latest Figures The announcement of positive cases at both clubs follows the latest round of testing in the Championship. 1058 tests were undertaken by players and staff across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":552587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,34,30],"tags":[2677,5552,168,5077,573,347,136],"class_list":["post-552586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-championship","category-league12","category-news","tag-colchester-united","tag-coronavirus-testing","tag-efl","tag-english-football","tag-fulham","tag-middlesbrough","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Ben Robinson, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}