Aberdeen match postponed after COVID-19 outbreak


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Aberdeen v Rangers - Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain - August 1, 2020 Rangers' Joe Aribo in action with Aberdeen's Jonathan Hayes, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pool via REUTERS/Andrew Milligan

(Reuters) - Aberdeen's Scottish Premiership match away to St Johnstone on Saturday has been postponed after two of the club's players tested positive for COVID-19 and six more are self-isolating.

On Thursday, Aberdeen issued a statement saying the match would go ahead as planned but following a meeting on Friday between Scotland's Minister for Public Health, the Scottish FA and Scottish Professional Football League, the matter has been taken out of their hands.

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