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The National Football League and its players’ union on Tuesday said players and staff who test positive for COVID-19 can return after five days instead of 10, provided their symptoms disappear or greatly improve, the league said in a memo seen by Reuters.
The individual would need to go at least 24 hours without a fever, see other symptoms like a cough improve, and be cleared by a team physician after consultation with the NFL, according to the memo.
The memo said the changes to the policy came in light of revised Centers for Disease Control guidance released on Monday, which altered its recommended isolation time for asymptomatic cases to five days from the previous guidance of 10 days.