//Several NFL Teams Halt Workouts After COVID-19 Testing Irregularity

Several NFL Teams Halt Workouts After COVID-19 Testing Irregularity

Multiple NFL teams are changing or canceling football activities on Sunday following results from Saturday’s COVID-19 testing.

Multiple NFL teams are altering or canceling their football activities on Sunday after results from Saturday’s COVID-19 testing from a laboratory in New Jersey returned positive results. 

“Saturday’s daily COVID testing returned several positives tests from each of the clubs serviced by the same laboratory in New Jersey,” the NFL said in a statement, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. “We are working with our testing partner, BioReference, to investigate these results, while the clubs work to confirm or rule out the positive tests. Clubs are taking immediate precautionary measures as outlined in the NFL-NFLPA’s health and safety protocols to include contact tracing, isolation of individuals and temporarily adjusting the schedule, where appropriate. The other laboratories used for NFL testing have not had similar results.”

The Browns are shutting down activities on Sunday as a