EDMONTON — Officials with the Edmonton Elks say the team has cancelled its scheduled walkthrough and media availability due to COVID-19 protocols.

The football club says the players, coaches and staff are continuing to prepare for Saturday's scheduled home opener against the Ottawa RedBlacks.

It adds that there are currently no concerns about the weekend game being cancelled.

"The Edmonton Elks are continuing to prepare for tomorrow's scheduled home opener against the Ottawa RedBlacks," a team release said. "The team's walkthrough scheduled for today was cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols, but players, coaches, and staff are at the facility today in preparation for tomorrow's game."

The walkthrough cancellation comes days after the league announced its COVID-19 policy.

Under the CFL policy, if a contest is cancelled because of COVID-19 issues and can't be rescheduled, the club suffering from the COVID-19 issues will forfeit a 1-0 loss. Should both squads have issues, they'll forfeit the game and be assigned losses.

In either scenario, if a team can prove at least 85 per cent of its players under contract have been vaccinated, at least once, the players will receive their salary for the cancelled game. If that figure falls below 85 per cent, players won't be paid.

The policy has been criticized by the CFL Players' Association, which called the policy's contents "unreasonable."