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Government advisor explains why Premier League matches are not suspended

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The UK’s chief scientific advisor Sir Patrick Vallance has explained why Premier League and EFL matches have not been banned amid the spread of coronavirus.

The government announced on Thursday they were moving into the ‘delay’ phase of their plan to combat the outbreak but have not ordered for matches to be suspended, or for games to be played behind closed doors.

Elsewhere in Europe, similar action has already been taken for Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s La Liga, while both France’s Ligue 1 and Germany’s Bundesliga will be played behind closed doors.

However, while there is still a possibility that such action could be followed in the UK in the coming weeks, Vallance explained why this has not occurred yet. "Of course there is a risk. [If]

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