Callum Davidson says St Johnstone's Covid situation is 'very concerning'

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson admits he is very concerned about his Scottish Cup final plans after losing more players to Covid-related issues.

Already without four self-isolating players before Sunday's semi-final win against St Mirren, Davidson only had a 16-man squad for their 4-0 defeat at Celtic Park with Zander Clark, Liam Gordon, Michael O'Halloran and Ali McCann dropping out.

Davidson will now seek more guidance to ensure they do not suffer any more blows before they face Hibernian on May 22.

It's very concerning,'' he said.I think the whole world is concerned about Covid, so it's not just me, but it's not a nice situation to be in.

We're doing our best with everybody, we're not experts on it, so we're trying to get as much help as we can to make sure we're all safe.

We followed Government guidelines and it's paramount we keep them safe.

We'll get three or four of the players back tomorrow (Thursday), which is great, and the good news is that they're all asymptomatic, so they are not suffering at all.

We must try to stamp it out and we can't let it fester until next week.''

Davidson is still hopeful he will have a full squad for Hampden minus the injured Scott Tanser.

That's why we're trying to shut the place down as much as we can and test people as often as we can to make sure everyone is safe,'' said Davidson, whose side remain fifth in the Scottish Premiership, ahead of Livingston on goal difference, before their meeting on Saturday.

Fingers crossed. But what this last week has taught us is that it's a difficult virus, and that's why we're all in this pandemic.''

Saints are hoping to get back into training on Thursday.

We'll go over the guidelines with the Government and follow their instructions to the letter to make sure we're prepared,'' Davidson said.

It will probably be socially-distanced training, but it's important to get the players out on the grass as quickly as possible.''