A number of players and coaches on the Miami Marlins have tested positive for Covid-19, pushing Major League Baseball to postpone two games and raising questions about its plans to hold a season amid a pandemic.
The Marlins' home opener against the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees game at the Philadelphia Phillies have been postponed, MLB said, as the league conducts more coronavirus testing.Eleven Marlins players and two coaches tested positive for the virus, ESPN reports. Marlins CEO Derek Jeter said the team is staying in Philadelphia pending the results of a new round of testing.
Still, the outbreak among players and staff underscores the difficulty -- if not impossibility -- of bringing large groups of people into close proximity for long periods of time when the coronavirus is so widespread in the American community.Washington Nationals star tests positive for Covid-19 hours before home openerContact tracing of Miami's opponents shows how quickly the virus might spread through the league.
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