SOUTH BEND, Indiana – A spokesman for Notre Dame showed that the football team plans to resume practice on Wednesday, two days after the show revealed that 25 players were removed from COVID-19 and another 14 were quarantined as a result of the search for contacts. . Practices had been suspended since September 22 due to COVID-19 issues.
Coach Brian Kelly, speaking to ESPN on Tuesday, said doctors had decided that the recent COVID-19 outbreak was similar to the team having dinner a meal before the game in combination before the September 19 game against South Florida, as well as a player vomiting on the sideline of the game.
“Throughout our time together, we haven’t had a single meal where we sat together,” Kelly told ESPN. “All to go. We’re entering our game stage where we have a pregame meal together, and he’s cashed us out. Great.
“We had someone who was asymptomatic and spread like gunpowder all over our meeting area, where we were eating, and then put the boys in touch with the investigation. “
As a result, the team will eat their pre-game food in a larger space, where players can maintain a greater distance between them, Kelly said. The player who vomited on the band line was treated for dehydration and tested positive the following Monday, Kelly. The Irish will now have immediate antigenic tests on the sidelines to diagnose more disorders right away.
“Trying to discern the difference between who can become dehydrated in an attack and have the effects of COVID on the sidelines becomes very complicated,” Kelly said. “Just being vigilant and understanding that this can hide in so many other spaces makes it a complicated proposition, even if you do everything right. “
If Wednesday’s plan remains unchanged, Irish players who are governed by positive COVID-19 testing or touch search will resume practice for their home game on October 10 as opposed to the state of Florida.
Notre Dame No. five (2-0, 1-0 ACC) has a scheduled opening date for Saturday after last week’s postponement of a away game at Wake Forest, which was postponed to December 12, Kelly told ESPN that he was expecting nearly 90% of the team to resume training on Saturday.