Spot-checks to be carried out within Premier League dressing rooms

Dressing rooms will be checked for Covid security under new Premier League protocols. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Spot-checks will be carried out within Premier League dressing rooms as part of improved coronavirus protocols, it is understood.

The top flight is determined to do all it can to protect players and staff and keep the show on the road as coronavirus infections continue to be reported at very high levels across the country, and with four Premier League games having already been called off due to Covid.