NFL players will be tested daily for the coronavirus for at least the first two weeks of training camp per the league's new testing protocols.
An NFL logo on a goal post padding before a preseason NFL football game in this Aug. 9, 2014 file photo. NFL players will be tested daily for the coronavirus for at least the first two weeks of training camp, per the league's new testing protocols.
After two weeks of daily testing, if the positivity rate of those tests falls below 5% among players and Tier I and Tier II individuals, as described in previously NFL protocols, testing would go to every other day. If the positivity rate doesn't fall below that threshold, daily testing would continue until it drops.
The league and the NFLPA already finalized protocols regarding team travel, media, and treatment response, and updated the facilities protocol to specifically address training camp based on recommendations from a joint committee of doctors, trainers and strength coaches formed by the league and players' union.
"Everything that we're doing is centred around the concept of risk mitigation," Sills said. "We know that we can't eliminate risk, but we're trying to mitigate it as much as possible for everyone. We know that this is going to be a shared responsibility."
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