Amid a build-up of COVID-19 cases in the United States, the NBA and its players’ agreement announced that 48 of the 546 players assessed from November 24 to 30 had yielded positive results.
Those who have tested positive are isolated until they are eliminated according to recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It should be noted that the NBA said it was running with the CDC for recommendations on how long players can isolate themselves from Tuesday’s announcement.
According to Jonathan Lemire of the Associated Press, the CDC has shortened its recommendation for quarantine after exposure to COVID-19 to seven days with a negative control or 10 days with one.
This may only players who have tested positive return to the box in sufficient time to exercise before the season begins on December 22.
The NBA has no plans to use a bubble-like environment to start its 2020-21 season, even though it has been a huge success in its efforts to end the 2019-20 campaign. The league took on the great task of moving 22 groups and staff to Walt Disney World Resort and removing them from the global outside world to complete the qualifying games and finish their playoffs.
The positive result 0 of the test. The Los Angeles Lakers won the championship in an NBA final that ended on October 11, just over two months before next season begins.
As they have been for the NFL, school football, school basketball and other game leagues without the advantages of a bubble, COVID-19 considerations will be a factor the NBA will face. at the beginning of his season.
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