Premier League announces pre-match handshakes between teams will not take place

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Premier League announces pre-match handshakes between teams will not take place

By Naveel Krishant

06/03/2020

Both teams will still line up and walk past each other without shaking hands [Photo:BBC]

The Premier League has announced that the pre-match handshakes between both teams and officials will not take place until further notice because of fears over the spread of coronavirus.

The measure comes the day after the government asked the league "to step up its contingency planning".

The teams will still line up as usual but the home team will walk past the away side without shaking hands.

There have been more than 90,000 cases of the virus in 87 countries.

[Source:BBC]

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