For the first time this year, the Bears closed down Halas Hall and cancelled practice Thursday as they try to weather a growing outbreak of COVID-19.
The reactive move occurs as it was announced that center Cody Whitehair tested positive for the coronavirus. He will be summarily placed on the COVID-19 reserve list, which is both for players that have tested positive and for those that have been in close contact with someone else who has tested positive. This revelation comes after Germain Ifedi (close contact) and Jason Spriggs (tested positive) were both placed on the COVID-19 reserve list earlier this week.