Coronavirus live blog: How will it affect Sunderland, Newcastle United, Hartlepool United, South Shields and Middlesbrough?

The coronavirus outbreak continues to dominate the agenda and there are fresh concerns all games in England could be played behind closed doors.

By Richard Mennear

Published 12th Mar 2020, 11:16 BST

Updated 12th Mar 2020, 11:17 BST

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The World Health Organisation yesterday declared the coronavirus strain Covid-19 as pandemic.

And the Government is set to move to the “delay” stage of its action plan to deal with the spread of the virus, and The Times report that Premier League and EFL games will soon be played behind closed doors.

We’ll have the latest developments on our live blog.

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