As of Friday, only four of the nearly 3,000 players who have participated in NFL training camps were on the Covid-19 list.
Sunday that it is investigating an unexpected influx of positive Covid-19 test results that have all been traced to the same laboratory in New Jersey, which has reportedly impacted at least ten teams, forcing them to cancel or postpone practice sessions.... [+]KEY FACTS
The Chicago Bears announced nine members of their organization tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, but that all nine were later determined to be false positive results. New York Jets coach Adam Gase confirmed that his team was forced to close their training center after"Saturday's daily Covid testing returned several positive tests from each of the clubs serviced by the same laboratory in New Jersey," the NFLThe NFL has been retesting the samples from the BioReference lab in New Jersey, and, thus far, it is finding evidence that leads the league to believe the issue involves testing irregularities unique to this one lab.
"We are working with our testing partner, BioReference, to investigate these results, while the clubs work to confirm or rule out the positive tests,” the NFLAccording to the NFL Network, coming into this weekend, the league had conducted over 100,000 Covid-19 tests since training camp began, and the positivity rate on those tests wasNFL-NFLPA protocol requires that players or staff who have been infected with the coronavirus, or who have come into close contact with those who have tested...
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