The Public Health Agency of Canada continues to review the CFL’s return-to-play protocols but can’t provide a timeline for when final approval might come.
Dr. Howard Njoo says the Public Health Agency of Canada continues to review the CFL’s return-to-play protocols, but can’t provide a timeline for when final approval might come.
“Certainly there are program staff within the agency are looking very carefully from a public-health perspective what the protocols are like. They are looking good I can’t give you a definitive answer in terms of when they would be completing the review. Obviously there are other departments as well that are probably involved in making a final decision. I would say at the present time things are trending in the right direction in terms of our review.
The CFL would like Ottawa to offer the same exemptions it provided the NHL. The federal government waived its mandatory 14-day quarantine period for players acquired by Canadian NHL teams from American clubs “under national interest grounds” leading up to the league’s April 12 trade deadline. “The other point I think that’s very important as well that we’ll be following is the fact that CFL games are basically played in outdoor stadiums so that’s already a good starting point with respect to the summer. Everyone is at least being outdoors. With respect to things such as spectators and capacity and so on, those are things that are going to be examined closely, not just by ourselves but obviously by the provincial authorities as well.
And that’s exactly where the CFL remains today, with time of the essence. On Thursday, the federal government made 60,000 rapid tests available to the league, which will be used as part of its health-and-safety protocols this year.
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