While the looming threat of a fourth wave has fans understandably anxious, the CFL has some extremely positive news to report concerning COVID-19 testing.
“Good news on the CFL COVID front: since their last update two weeks ago, there have been ZERO positive results from the league’s extensive COVID testing,” TSN insider Farhan Lalji tweeted Friday.
Two weeks ago, the CFL announced 10 positive COVID test out of the more than 6,000 administered during the initial phase of training camp. Five of those positive tests occurred before the player in question had entered Canada, while it was later revealed that three of the five positive tests in country were false positives.
Any individual that tests positive is prevented from joining or is removed from team activities, and is isolated or quarantined, in accordance with the CFL’s return to play health and safety protocol, Public Health Agency of Canada protocol and local public health protocol.
The CFL was granted a national interest exemption by the federal government, allowing them to shorten the standard 14-day quarantine for individuals entering the country.
Players were required to self-isolate seven days prior to their departure for training camps, then quarantine for an additional seven days upon arrival. Three negative COVID-19 tests are required in Canada before any player can begin workouts.
The CFL will continue to provide updates on tests administered to Tier 1 personnel and with training camps now wrapping up, the league prepares to face its first real test in regards to the virus.
