The NBA introduces changes to the COVID-19 protocol, reducing the quarantine days to 5 for people who have the disease and recover, The Athletic reported.
This guide was published by the United States Board of Health and has been adopted by the professional leagues in this country.
The new rule applies to those athletes who are outside the team environment, which are all those who acquire the virus.
After five-day isolation, positive players who are masked can now return to their team’s home market via commercial flight, interact in person with individuals in community, and enter indoor settings / establishments that are not the facility. https://t.co/2jYPSnEW64
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To be accepted back to club practices, players have to be isolated for 6 days and have been screened. They also have to present 2 negative tests for the virus.
With 5 days, those infected can take commercial flights to return to their team’s city and wait to be cleared.
