A few players and coaching staff members at Manchester United have tested positive for the novel coronavirus which has put their upcoming Premier League game against Brentford in jeopardy.

The players and staff who have contracted Covid-19 were sent home before training and the Premier League was notified, according to news reports. The rest of the squad trained and practice was adjusted to individual and non-contact sessions.

Man United are scheduled to play Brentford in the Premier League on Tuesday.

The report also said that the group that travelled to Norwich had returned negative results before Saturday’s game. United played at Norwich last week, winning 1-0, and the whole traveling group tested negative in routine tests.

Brighton & Hove Albion’s home game against Tottenham Hotspur, due to be played on Sunday, was called off due to a number of COVID-19 cases at Tottenham last week.

Britain raised its COVID alert level on Sunday in response to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the virus.