Effective immediately, all 32 NFL teams will be placed in intensive COVID-19 protocols until the conclusion of Week 15. This means the re-imposition of restrictions such as mandatory mask-wearing in team facilities, social distancing, grab-and-go meal service in team cafeterias, limits on the number of people allowed in weight rooms, restrictions on activities outside the facility and all-virtual meetings…
Also effective immediately, the league and the NFLPA will institute changes in the return-to-play COVID-19 protocols that will make it easier for players who are vaccinated and asymptomatic to return to practice and games.
Under the existing protocols, a vaccinated individual who tests positive for COVID-19 has to produce two negative tests 24 hours apart before he is cleared to return. The new protocols relax that requirement and could, according to the source, enable teams like the Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams and Washington Football Team to get some players back for this weekend’s games.
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