According to the statement on the club's website "The Reds have formally requested to the EFL that the fixture is rescheduled after further suspected positive tests were registered among players and staff, allied to other factors impacting selection, including illness and injury.
"In response, the club halted preparations at the AXA Training Centre, meaning Tuesday’s first-team training session was cancelled.
"Among the considerations which led to today’s application to the EFL is the need for travelling supporters to be given as much notice as possible of any potential postponement.
"With no prospect of the current situation improving ahead of Thursday’s fixture and the potential for it to worsen, the club considers it both prudent and reasonable to ask for the fixture to be rescheduled.
It remains to be seen if the application will be granted or it would be written off as a loss for the Meyerside team.
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