Prenetics helps the football youth academies get back in the game

FEBRUARY 3, 2021, 0800hrs, BST, UK

Prenetics, the leading Covid-19 testing organisation is to roll out testing for the 20 Premier League academies, from next week

London February 3, 2021 – Prenetics, the digital health and diagnostics company, is pleased to announce the extension of its Covid-19 testing programme to the 20 youth football academies supported by the Premier League’s clubs, from next week.

In agreement with the Premier League’s medical advisers, the programme will start with PCR testing followed by antigen lateral flow device testing [bi-weekly] thereafter. Testing will involve 60 individuals per club, and been undertaken twice weekly, affecting some 1,200 individuals.

Avi Lasarow, UK Chief Executive of Prenetics, said: “the extension of our role is endorsement of our effectiveness, and crucially gives us a role to help secure the future of top level emerging talent in football in this country.