NFL Team Reports League’s First COVID Outbreak

ESPN reports:

The Tennessee Titans have closed their facilities until Saturday after three players and five team personnel members tested positive for the coronavirus, the NFL announced Tuesday.

The eight new positive tests have been confirmed after additional testing, a source told ESPN’s Kevin Seifert. Those who tested positive have been asymptomatic as of Tuesday morning, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano.

The Titans, citing an “abundance of caution,” issued a statement saying they halted in-person work Tuesday. The Minnesota Vikings, who played the Titans on Sunday, did the same, though the team said there were no positive tests through Tuesday morning.

The NFL has its first coronavirus outbreak. The question now is whether its virus protocols can contain the spread. https://t.co/eT58mxtTSa

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 29, 2020